Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahimachi Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
Biomed Res Int. 2019 Sep 24;2019:5921703. doi: 10.1155/2019/5921703. eCollection 2019.
Stigma related to mental illness can be an obstacle affecting the quality of life of people with mental illness. Although mental illness in the workplace is a public problem globally, few studies have investigated the effect of stigma on job-related problems such as burnout.
This study aimed to clarify the association between mental-illness-related stigma and burnout among nonprofessional occupational mental health staff.
In this cross-sectional study, nonprofessional occupational mental health staff's perceived mental-illness-related stigma was assessed using Link's Devaluation-Discrimination Scale, and their burnout was assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory. The association between stigma and burnout was analyzed by multiple linear regression analysis.
In total, 282 participants completed the questionnaire (response rate: 91.3%). We excluded 54 nurses from the analysis to examine strictly nonprofessional occupational mental health staff. Finally, 228 eligible respondents were surveyed. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that mental-illness-related stigma was significantly associated with a high degree of depersonalization, which was one of the burnout dimensions. However, the impact of stigma over the depersonalization domain of burnout was minor.
The results suggest that higher perceived mental-illness-related stigma is associated with more severe burnout. It is important to take measures against mental-illness-related stigma to avoid burnout among occupational mental health staff.
与精神疾病相关的污名可能是影响精神疾病患者生活质量的一个障碍。尽管精神疾病在工作场所是一个全球性的公共问题，但很少有研究调查污名对职业相关问题（如倦怠）的影响。
本研究旨在阐明与精神疾病相关的污名与非专业职业心理健康工作人员倦怠之间的关系。
在这项横断面研究中，使用 Link 的贬值-歧视量表评估非专业职业心理健康工作人员对与精神疾病相关的污名的感知，使用 Maslach 倦怠量表评估他们的倦怠程度。使用多元线性回归分析来分析污名和倦怠之间的关联。
共有 282 名参与者完成了问卷调查（应答率：91.3%）。我们排除了 54 名护士的分析，以严格检查非专业职业心理健康工作人员。最后，对 228 名合格的受访者进行了调查。多元线性回归分析显示，与精神疾病相关的污名与高度去人性化显著相关，而后者是倦怠的一个维度。然而，污名对倦怠的去人性化领域的影响较小。
结果表明，较高的感知与精神疾病相关的污名与更严重的倦怠有关。采取措施应对与精神疾病相关的污名以避免职业心理健康工作人员的倦怠至关重要。
