Iecovich Esther, Avivi Michal
a Department of Public Health and Gerontology, Faculty of Health Sciences , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , Beer-Sheva , Israel.
Aging Ment Health. 2017 Mar;21(3):327-335. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1102198. Epub 2015 Oct 23.
The extent to which agism and professional qualifications are associated with nurses' burnout in long-term care facilities for older adults has been barely examined. This study is aimed to examine the extent to which agism, professional education, and geriatric training explain work burnout.
The study included a convenience sample of 154 nurses working in 17 long-term care facilities in the Tel Aviv area in Israel. To examine agism, Kogan's Attitudes toward Old People Scale was used, and to probe burnout, the Maslach Burnout Inventory was used.
Overall burnout was significantly explained by agism, nurses' professional education, length of working as a nurse, and type of facility ownership. When examining each dimension of burnout, agism was a significant predictor of depersonalization and personal achievement.
Agism plays a role in overall burnout. Therefore, training programs that can combat agism can reduce burnout of nurses in long-term care facilities.
在老年人长期护理机构中，年龄歧视与专业资质和护士职业倦怠之间的关联程度几乎未得到研究。本研究旨在探讨年龄歧视、专业教育和老年护理培训在多大程度上能解释工作倦怠。
该研究纳入了以色列特拉维夫地区17家长期护理机构的154名护士作为便利样本。为了研究年龄歧视，使用了科根对老年人态度量表；为了探究职业倦怠，使用了马氏职业倦怠量表。
年龄歧视、护士的专业教育、护士工作时长和机构所有权类型能显著解释总体职业倦怠。在考察职业倦怠的各个维度时，年龄歧视是去个性化和个人成就感的显著预测因素。
年龄歧视在总体职业倦怠中起作用。因此，能够对抗年龄歧视的培训项目可以减少长期护理机构中护士的职业倦怠。
