Factors Related to Burnout of Nurses Working in University Hospitals in Metropolitan Areas in Japan

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  • 首都圏の大学病院に勤務する看護師のバーンアウトの関連要因
  • シュトケン ノ ダイガク ビョウイン ニ キンム スル カンゴシ ノ バーンアウト ノ カンレン ヨウイン

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<p>A self-rating anonymous questionnaire survey was administered to 1154 nurses, all nurses of a university hospital in a metropolitan area in Japan, aiming to identify the factors related to burnout of nurses working at university hospitals in metropolitan areas in Japan. Surveyed items included 1) demographics (sex, age, other), 2) personal factors : ‘intention to continue nursing work’ asking about the wish to continue work as a nurse, persons to consult with, the Sense of Coherence (3-scale SOC) expressing the ability to cope with stress and maintain health, and personality (Japanese version of Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI-J)), 3) workplace environmental factors : overtime, frequency of night shifts or night duties, assigned workplace, working arrangement, duty rank, work-life-balance (a work-life balance scale for nurses), frequency of mishaps in medical practice, satisfaction with assigned ward, negative feelings (a scale to measure experience of developing negative feelings toward patients), and time management (a time management scale) ; and 4) objective variables : burnout (Japanese version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory -Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS)).</p><p>Five-hundred and twenty responses with replies to all of questions of age, sex, and the MBI-HSS were considered to be valid (24 males, 496 females, valid response rate 45.1%). The means of age, length of working as a nurse, and the total score on the MBI-HSS were 32.4±9.3 years, 10.3±8.9 years, and 11.6±2.7 points, respectively. The results of a multiple regression analysis showed relationships between burnout and the following items : ‘Job and life satisfaction’, ‘Career development’ (β＝－0.19), ‘Developed negative feelings toward self-centered patients (negative feelings)’ (β＝0.18) among the workplace environment factors, a subscale of the work-life balance scale ; ‘No strong wish to continue nursing work’ (β＝0.17) and the ‘Total SOC score’ (β＝－0.17) among personal factors ; and ‘Tendency to neurosis’ (β＝0.16) among personal factors. The adjusted R2 was 54%.</p><p>The findings suggest that it is possible for nurse administrators to prevent burnout of nurses by improving work-life balance, identifying and providing practical support to nurses with neurotic tendencies and to those with poor intention to continue nursing work. Further research into negative feelings of nurses toward patients is needed.</p>

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