Burnout levels of hemodialysis nurses

Abstract

Background: Previous studies have found significant stressors experienced by nurses working in hemodialysis units. The purpose of this study was to determine the burnout levels of hemodialysis nurses working in hemodialysis units and their relation with some sociodemographic variables. Methods: The study was conducted between July 2012 and Sept 2012 in hemodialysis units of four hospitals, including one university, one public and two private hospitals, in the province of Erzurum. The population of the study consisted of 32 nurses rendering service in hemodialysis units of the related hospitals. Information forms, which were prepared by researchers in accordance with the literature, and aimed at determining the personal characteristics of nurses and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used for the data collection. Results: Examining mean scores obtained by nurses from the Maslach Burnout Inventory, it is observed that they scored 17.07 ± 8.29 from subscale of emotional exhaustion, 5.89 ± 4.13 from subscale of depersonalization and 20.64 ± 4.10 from subscale of personal accomplishment. Conclusion: The results of the study revealed that nurses working in hemodialysis units experience a medium-level burnout in terms of subscales of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a high-level burnout in terms of the subscale of personal accomplishment.

Gender, Marital Status, and Children as Risk Factors for Burnout in Nurses: A Meta-Analytic Study

“…The relation between gender and depersonalization was quite strong, and should be considered in the case of men who have been working less than 10 years in their current post [57]. It should also be highlighted that in the case of nurses with children, there was a strong correlation between gender and low personal accomplishment with female nurses reporting higher levels of fulfillment [13]. …”

“…Although burnout is present in a wide range of occupations, health professionals (particularly nurses) are one of the occupational groups that is most at risk of developing it, due to the characteristic of their work and expending most of their working time in contact with the patients [13,14,15]. As showed in some studies, the prevalence of emotional exhaustion is around 30% in oncology and emergency nurses, while depersonalization prevalence is 15% in oncology nursing or 36% in emergency nursing [16,17].…”

Experience of Nurses in Hemodialysis Care: A Phenomenological Study

“…Feeling exhaustion was another experience of nurses in the present study. Covermasi reported a moderate level of burnout among nurses in the hemodialysis department in their study [34]. Negative family effects included negative job effects of the studied nurses.…”

Do Nurses Experience Burnout?

“…When compared with other studies that were conducted among other groups of nurses [3,17,18,19,20], the EE and DP scores were similar. However, the PA scores were lower compared to other studies [7,21,22,23,24].…”

“…The concept of burnout was described as a state of fatigue and frustration among human service professionals [1,2]. The dimensions of the burnout syndrome that are emotional exhaustion (EE=draining of emotional resources), depersonalization (DP= development of cynical attitudes towards the job or the recipients of the service), and perceptions of reduced personal accomplishment (PA) [3]. In recent years, interest in the topic of burnout has increased because we have begun to understand the significant negative impact that it has on employees, service consumers, and organizations.…”