Mediterranean Research Centre for Public Health and Quality of Care, Cyprus University of Technology, Nicosia, Cyprus.
BMC Public Health. 2012 Jun 20;12:457. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-457.
Fatigue and burnout are two concepts often linked in the literature. However, regardless of their commonalities they should be approached as distinct concepts. The current and ever-growing reforms regarding the delivery of nursing care in Cyprus, stress for the development of ways to prevent burnout and effectively manage fatigue that can result from working in stressful clinical environments.
To explore the factors associated with the burnout syndrome in Cypriot nurses working in various clinical departments. A random sampling method taking into account geographical location, specialty and type of employment has been used.
A total of 1,482 nurses (80.4% were females) working both in the private and public sectors completed and returned an anonymous questionnaire that included several aspects related to burnout; the MBI scale, questions related to occupational stress, and questions pertaining to self reported fatigue. Two-thirds (65.1%) of the nurses believed that their job is stressful with the majority reporting their job as stressful being female nurses (67.7%). Twelve point eight percent of the nurses met Maslach's criteria for burnout. The prevalence of fatigue in nurses was found 91.9%. The prevalence of fatigue was higher in females (93%) than in males (87.5%) (p = 0.003). As opposed to the burnout prevalence, fatigue prevalence did not differ among the nursing departments (p = 0.166) and among nurses with a different marital status (p = 0.553). Burnout can be associated adequately knowing if nurses find their job stressful, their age, the level of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. It has been shown that the fatigue may be thought of as a predictor of burnout, but its influence is already accounted by emotional exhaustion and depersonalization.
The clinical settings in Cyprus appear as stress generating environment for nurses. Nurses working both in the private and public sector appear to experience low to severe burnout. Self-reported fatigue interferes to the onset of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization.
疲劳和倦怠是文献中经常联系在一起的两个概念。然而,尽管它们有共同之处,但它们应该被视为不同的概念。目前,塞浦路斯不断增长的护理服务提供改革强调开发预防倦怠和有效管理疲劳的方法,以应对紧张的临床环境带来的压力。
探索与在塞浦路斯不同临床科室工作的护士倦怠综合征相关的因素。采用随机抽样方法,考虑地理位置、专业和就业类型。
共有 1482 名护士(80.4%为女性)参与了这项研究,他们分别在私营和公共部门工作,填写并返回了一份匿名问卷,其中包括与倦怠相关的几个方面;MBI 量表、与职业压力相关的问题以及与自我报告疲劳相关的问题。三分之二(65.1%)的护士认为他们的工作有压力,大多数报告工作压力大的是女性护士(67.7%)。12.8%的护士符合马斯拉奇的倦怠标准。护士疲劳的患病率为 91.9%。女性(93%)的疲劳患病率高于男性(87.5%)(p=0.003)。与倦怠的患病率相反,疲劳的患病率在不同护理部门之间没有差异(p=0.166),也与婚姻状况不同的护士之间没有差异(p=0.553)。如果护士认为自己的工作有压力、年龄、情绪耗竭和去人性化的程度,那么倦怠可以被认为是一个充分的预测因素。研究表明,疲劳可能被认为是倦怠的预测因素,但它的影响已经被情绪耗竭和去人性化所解释。
塞浦路斯的临床环境似乎对护士产生了压力。在私营和公共部门工作的护士似乎经历了从轻度到重度的倦怠。自我报告的疲劳会干扰情绪耗竭和去人性化的发生。