Burnout and job satisfaction of intensive care personnel and the relationship with personality and religious traits: An observational, multicenter, cross-sectional study.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 9211274 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1532-4036 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09643397 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Intensive Crit Care Nurs
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 2003- : Amsterdam : Elsevier
      Original Publication: Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, c1992-
    • Subject Terms:
      Critical Care Nursing*/statistics & numerical data ; Job Satisfaction* ; Religion*; Burnout, Professional/*psychology ; Nurses/*psychology; Adult ; Burnout, Professional/etiology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Greece ; Humans ; Intensive Care Units/organization & administration ; Intensive Care Units/statistics & numerical data ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nurses/statistics & numerical data ; Personality ; Psychometrics/instrumentation ; Psychometrics/methods ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Workforce
    • Abstract:
      Objectives: To investigate if burnout in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is influenced by aspects of personality, religiosity and job satisfaction.
      Research Methodology: Cross-sectional study, designed to assess burnout in the ICU and to investigate possible determinants. Three different questionnaires were used: the Malach Burnout Inventory, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the Spiritual/Religious Attitudes Questionnaire. Predicting factors for high burnout were identified by multivariate logistic regression analysis.
      Setting/participants: This national study was addressed to physicians and nurses working full-time in 18 Greek ICU departments from June to December 2015.
      Results: The participation rate was 67.9% (n=149) and 65% (n=320) for ICU physicians and nurses, respectively). High job satisfaction was recorded in both doctors (80.8%) and nurses (63.4%). Burnout was observed in 32.8% of the study participants, higher in nurses compared to doctors (p<0.001). Multivariate analysis revealed that neuroticism was a positive and extraversion a negative predictor of exhaustion (OR 5.1, 95%CI 2.7-9.7, p<0.001 and OR 0.49, 95%CI 0.28-0.87, p=0.014, respectively). Moreover, three other factors were identified: Job satisfaction (OR 0.26, 95%CI 0.14-0.48, p<0.001), satisfaction with current End-of-Life care (OR 0.41, 95%CI 0.23-0.76, p=0.005) and isolation feelings after decisions to forego life sustaining treatments (OR 3.48, 95%CI 1.25-9.65, p=0.017).
      Conclusions: Personality traits, job satisfaction and the way End-of-Life care is practiced influence burnout in the ICU.
      (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Burnout; Depersonalization; End of life; Exhaustion; Intensive care; Job satisfaction; Neuroticism; Personal accomplishment; Religiosity
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20170415 Date Completed: 20171002 Latest Revision: 20181202
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.iccn.2017.02.009
    • Accession Number:
      28408074