PREVALENCE OF BURNOUT AMONG NURSING STAFF: AN EXPERIENCE FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN INDIA

NAVDEEP JOSHI; SAURABH YAKHMI; RAVI CHAND SHARMA; ANKIT SOOD

doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2023.v16i1.46174

Authors

NAVDEEP JOSHI Department of Psychiatry, MM Medical College and Hospital, Kumarhatti, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
SAURABH YAKHMI Department of Psychiatry, MM Medical College and Hospital, Kumarhatti, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3495-2806
RAVI CHAND SHARMA Department of Psychiatry, MM Medical College and Hospital, Kumarhatti, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
ANKIT SOOD Department of Psychiatry, MM Medical College and Hospital, Kumarhatti, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5852-7938

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2023.v16i1.46174

Keywords:

Burnout, Emotional exhaustion, Depersonalization, Personal accomplishment

Abstract

Objective: The present study aimed to assess the prevalence of burnout in staff nurses at a tertiary care hospital and to examine the relationship of socio-demographic factors with burnout.

Methods: In this present cross-sectional study, data from 100 staff nurses were collected using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and Modified Kuppuswamy Scale. It was analyzed to find out the burnout level.

Results: All the participants were females with mean age of 27.36±3.258 years. Most of participants (68%) belonged to the upper middle socioeconomic class. High level of burnout was reported in 33% participants in depersonalization and 28% in personal accomplishment domain, respectively. Medium level of burnout was found in 37%, 46%, and 25% of participants in emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment domains, respectively. About 63% of participants reported low level of burnout in emotional exhaustion domain.

Conclusion: The present study reported a medium and high level of burnout in depersonalization and personal accomplishment domains among significant number of participants which needs to be addressed for efficient human resource management at tertiary care hospital.

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