McInerney Shane, Rowan Michael, Lawlor Brian
University Hospital Galway, Newcastle Road, Galway.
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity Centre, St James's Hospital, Dublin.
Ir J Psychol Med. 2012 Jan;29(3):176-179. doi: 10.1017/S0790966700017213.
The hypothesis that burnout is predictive of performance deficits on a number of neuropsychological tests was examined among a group of psychiatric nurses. A possible relationship between burnout and state and trait anxiety levels was also investigated.
A sample of psychiatric nurses (n=45) completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Their performance on a number of neurocognitive tests from the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) was examined. The neurocognitive tests measured visual memory, verbal memory and attention.
Multiple regression analyses were conducted between the burnout subscales and the results of the neuropsychological tests, and also between the burnout subscales and both state and trait anxiety levels. No overall significant relationship was found between neurocognitive performance and burnout. However, trait anxiety was significantly predictive of each of the burnout subscales of emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and also of decreased personal accomplishment.
The levels of burnout were in the moderate range for all three subscales and so the population was suffering from burnout. The fact that the trait anxiety variable was predictive of all three of the burnout subscales suggests that predisposition towards anxiety may be a vulnerability factor among people who suffer from burnout.
在一组精神科护士中检验倦怠可预测多项神经心理学测试表现缺陷这一假设。同时还研究了倦怠与状态焦虑和特质焦虑水平之间的可能关系。
一组精神科护士（n = 45）完成了马氏倦怠量表（MBI）和状态-特质焦虑量表（STAI）。检测了她们在剑桥神经心理测试自动成套系统（CANTAB）多项神经认知测试中的表现。这些神经认知测试测量视觉记忆、言语记忆和注意力。
在倦怠分量表与神经心理学测试结果之间，以及在倦怠分量表与状态焦虑和特质焦虑水平之间进行了多元回归分析。未发现神经认知表现与倦怠之间存在总体显著关系。然而，特质焦虑可显著预测情感耗竭、去个性化这两个倦怠分量表，以及个人成就感降低。
所有三个分量表的倦怠水平均处于中等范围，因此该群体存在倦怠问题。特质焦虑变量可预测所有三个倦怠分量表，这一事实表明，焦虑倾向可能是倦怠人群中的一个易损因素。
