JOB BURNOUT AMONG OPERATING ROOM STAFF. A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY CONDUCTED IN ZAHEDAN 2016
Mahboobeh Doostkami and Maryam Sarbishegi
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Job burnout is a continuous physical and mental exhaustion which is caused by emotional pressures and can have bad effects on humans in long term. This study aimed to investigate the Job burnout among operating room staff. Material and Methods: 40 operating room staff participated this study. Maslach's job burnout questionnaire was used for data collection. After that data were analyzed through SPSS v.19 by descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation and T test. Results: The mean of age was 30.30 ± 5.39 among respondents. 31 of them were females and 9 of them were male. 17 respondents had 1-5 year of job experience, 15 had 5-10 years and 8 had more than 10 years of job experience. The mean score of job burnout was 62.97±8.80 and it its dimensions the mean score was 23.37 ± 6.90 for emotional exhaustion, 10.60 ± 2.96 for depersonalization and 25.97 ± 4.63 for reduced personal accomplishment. There wasn’t any significant relationship between gender and job burnout and its dimensions. Conclusion: The results of this study had showed that there was a moderate job burnout among operating room staff. Due to the importance of the role of nurses and operating room staff in social health this study suggests the authorities to reduce the factors which lead to job burnout among healthcare providers specially operating room staff.
Keywords: Job burnout, Maslach, operating room.
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