The relationship between the professional burnout status and the personality trait of duty nurses

Abstract

Objective To investigate the relationship between the professional burnout status and the personality trait of duty nurses , and to effectively alleviate the professional burnout of duty nurse , and provide practical basis to the quality management of nursing personnel .Methods Ninety five duty nurses were investigated with the Chinese version of Maslach Burnout Inventory （ MBI ） and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire （ EPQ ） .We studied the professional burnout status and the personality trait distribution , and analyzed the relationship between them .Results The detection rate of the professional burnout was 86 .32%. The rate of degree of burnout at low , medium, high level were 35.79%, 32.63%, 17.89%, respectively.The personality trait had an important impact on the burnout level （F=11.940,P〈0.01）.Conclusions The group of duty nurses is at a high level of professional burnout .And their personality trait can predict the professional burnout.We should pay attention to the relevant administrative and management interventions . Key words: Holistic health care; Traditional Chinese medicine hospital; Duty nurses; Burnout,professional; Personality trait