A Study to Assess Knowledge regarding Perceived Causes of Burnout Syndrome among Staff Nurses at selected Hospitals of Bareilly

 

Mr. Sandeep K R, Mrs. Sandhyarani B S, Mr. Endla Srinivasa Rao, Ms. Himani Sharma, Mrs. Soni

Asso. Professor, Department of Community Health Nursing, Gangasheel School of Nursing, Bareilly

 

ABSTRACT:

The fast paced and unpredictable nature of health care places nurses at risk of injuries and illness. Nurses have tremendous responsibilities and deal with enormous challenges. Top of FormNurses are exposed to many stressful demands and pressures and are therefore at heightened risk for an array of health, safety, and other problems. Burnout Syndrome is a chronic adaptation disorder that affects workers and is characterized by three forms of psychological distress: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a sense of low personal fulfillment.^[5] METHODS: Evaluative research approach was used for this study and it aims to assess the knowledge regarding perceived causes of burnout syndrome among nurses. Structured knowledge questionnaire regarding burnout syndrome were used. Non probability convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample. Result: There was positive correlation of knowledge r=0.78 respectively based on Karl Pearson’s correlation computed value of knowledge. This indicates the existence of positive correlation. Hence, H1 was accepted. These findings were supported through a study conducted by Raftopoulous V who confirm that there exist a positive correlation r=0.8 of knowledge which is present day health care scenario. CONCLUSION: Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were drawn.The overall test knowledge scores about perceived causes of burnout syndrome.There was positive correlation of knowledge of staff nurses.Thus it was concluded that the descriptive study has assessed the knowledge of staff nurses regarding the perceived causes of burnout syndrome.

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION:

A profession is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested objective counsel and service to others, a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation for other business gain.

 

Top of FormNurses are exposed to many stressful demands and pressures and are therefore at heightened risk for an array of health, safety, and other problems^[3] Bottom of Form.It is reported that nurses are more prone to developing stress than other health care professionals^[4]. The nurses and nursing students can experience the sensibility of burnout because of their work or duty. Some major factors of nursing stress have been proposed including; workload, interprofessional conflicts, lack of clarity, task ambiguity, and supervision problems overload and role ambiguity are frequently highlighted. Some studies have specifically reported that burnout is related to the amount of time that nurses spend with their patients, with patient’s poor prognosis among the sociodemographic factors age has been the factor consistently related to burnout^[6]. According to 2003 Canadian community among health care provider especially nurses 45percent or 413,000 reported that most days at work were quite or extremely stressful^[7]. A comparative study to identify the job related stress, stress reaction and coping strategies adopted by the nursing personnel working in critical and non critical care units of selected private hospitals of Delhi views that the stress reaction in a critical area ranges from 63 to 81 % in a critical area as compared to 69 to 71 % in a non critical area^[8].

 

OBJECTIVES:

1.     To assess the knowledge regarding perceived causes of  burnout syndrome among staff nurses.

2.     To determine the knowledge score regarding perceived causes of burnout syndrome among staff nurses.

3.     To find out an association between knowledge score and selected socio- demographic variables such as age, gender, qualification, work experience, marital status, work area.

 

RESULT:

SECTION- A Findings related to selected socio- demographic variables of staff nurses:

In the present study, the sample size of staff nurses chosen for the study was 60, majority of staff nurses 45(75%) belonged to age group of 22-25 years

 

The majority of staff nurses that is 33(55%) were female and 27(45%) were male. Majority of staff nurses i.e. 34(56.6%) were GNM, 23(38.33%) were B.Sc Nursing.

 

Majority of staff nurses i.e. 37(61.66%) have the experience of 0-2 years. The

 

Majority of staff nurses i.e. 45(75%) were unmarried. The findings were supported through a study conducted by Vargas, who observed that the maximum staff nurses 65(65%) were unmarried.

 

Majority of staff nurses i.e. 24(40%) work in ICU and 20(33.3%) works in other wards.

 

Majority of staff nurses i.e. 32(53.33%) had a monthly income of 5,001-10,000.

 

SECTION 2:

Association of knowledge score and selected demographic variables among staff nurses.            N=60

 

Sl. No.	Demographic variables	Good	Average	Poor	Chi-square Cal Tab		Df
01.	Age a) 22- 25 years b) 26- 27 years c) 30- 31 years d) 32 years and above	14 00 00 00	21 07 04 01	11 01 01 00	8.04	12.59	6	N.S.
02.	Gender a) Female b) Male c) Transgender	12 01 00	13 20 00	01 13 00	22.19	9.49	4	S.
03.	Professional Educational Qualification a) GNM b) Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing c) B.Sc. Nursing	02 00 13	18 02 09	13 00 03	19.22	9.49	4	S.
04.	Work Experience a) 0- 2 years b) 2-5 years c) 5 or above	14 00 01	15 06 10	10 02 02	9.6	9.49	4	S.
05.	Marital Status a) Unmarried b) Married c) Widow/ Widower d) Divorced	14 01 00 00	23 10 00 00	09 03 00 00	3.21	12.59	6	N.S.
06.	Present Working Area a) ICU b) Emergency c) OT d) Other wards	03 01 03 05	15 03 03 11	06 05 02 03	7.76	12.59	6	S.
07.	Monthly Income a) 5,001- 10,000 b) 10,001- 15,000 c) 15,000- 20,000 d) Above 20,001	11 00 01 01	16 15 02 03	09 02 00 00	11.6	12.59	6	S.

 

 

DISCUSSION:

Findings related to selected socio- demographic variables of staff nurses:

In the present study, the sample size of staff nurses chosen for the study was 60, majority of staff nurses 45(75%) belonged to age group of 22-25 years. These findings were supported through the study conducted by Gomez-Urquiza, who observed that a maximum number of staff nurses 40(66%) belonged to age group of 22-25 years.

 

The majority of staff nurses that is 33(55%) were female and 27(45%) were male. These findings were supported throughTalias M, who observed that a maximum number of staff nurses of 31(51%) belonged to female staff nurses. This indicates that the majority of nursing personnel were female population has the upper hand in the nursing profession.

 

Majority of staff nurses i.e. 34(56.6%) were GNM, 23(38.33%) were B.Sc Nursing . The findings are supported through a study conducted by Raftopoulous V, who observed that the maximum staff nurses 30(50%) were GNM, and 24(40%) belonged to B.Sc. Nursing.

 

Majority of staff nurses i.e. 37(61.66%) have the experience of 0-2 years. The findings were supported through a study conducted by Vargas, who observed that the maximum staff nurses 69(69%) were having the experience of 0-2 years.

 

Majority of staff nurses i.e. 45(75%) were unmarried. The findings were supported through a study conducted by Vargas, who observed that the maximum staff nurses 65(65%) were unmarried.

 

Majority of staff nurses i.e. 24(40%) work in ICU and 20(33.3%) works in other wards. The findings were supported through a study conducted by Raftopoulous V, who observed that the maximum number of staff nurses work 30(50%) works in ICU.

 

Majority of staff nurses i.e. 32(53.33%) had a monthly income of 5,001-10,000. The findings were contradictory through a study conducted by Raftopoulous V, who observed that the maximum number of staff nurse had a monthly income of 25,000-40,000.

 

Finding related to the knowledge scores of nurses regarding perceived causes of burnout syndrome.:

There was positive correlation of knowledge r=0.78 respectively based on Karl Pearson’s correlation computed value of knowledge. This indicates the existence of positive correlation. Hence, H1 was accepted. These findings were supported through a study conducted by Raftopoulous V who confirm that there exist a positive correlation r=0.8 of knowledge which is present day health care scenario.

 

Finding related to the association between test knowledge scores and socio demographical variables among staff nurses:

The computed chi-square test revealed that there was a statistical association for variables. These findings are supported through a study conducted by Raftopoulous who confirm that there was a statistical association between the knowledge score with their selected socio-demographical variables.

 

CONCLUSION:

Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were drawn.

·       The overall test knowledge scores about perceived causes of burnout syndrome.

·       There was positive correlation of knowledge of staff nurses.

 

Thus it was concluded that the descriptive study has assessed the knowledge of staff nurses regarding the perceived causes of burnout syndrome.

 

IMPLICATION OF THE STUDY:

The findings of the study have implications for nursing education, nursing practice, nursing administration, and nursing research.

 

Nursing Education:

Nursing education helps the student nurses with adequate knowledge, skills and attitude to fulfill their duties and responsibilities in the nursing field. Burnout syndrome is one of the leading cause which actuate the nurses to drop out their profession and embark to other career. Nursing curriculum should be such that it should prepare the prospective nursing students to recognize the causes of burnout syndrome and strategies which may help to cope up with it. The nursing curriculum should include more content on burnout syndrome among nurses and its prevention. The holistic health care approach should be emphasized during the training of nursing students. The nurse educators have the responsibility to update the knowledge of students during clinical teaching and thereby improve their knowledge through various educational programmes.

 

Nursing Practice:

Constant updating and growth of knowledge are essential to keep abreast of scientific and technological change and changes within the nursing profession. In-service education programs are designed to upgrade the knowledge of employees. In this prospect, if the nurses have their own personal issues then it may obstacle the deliverance of the quality nursing care. In order to improve client’s outcome the nurse has to make a balance between the professional and personal life. The investigator, supervisor or nurse educator have to be keenly observe the cases of burnout syndrome within the hospital setting. So that they will identify the cases early and with adequate guidance and counselling help the nurses to overcome the existing problem. It is therefore important for the nurses to be knowledgeable and competent to harmonize themselves with work environment.

 

Nursing Administration:

In each and every organization (hospital) nursing administration must plan a separate budget for continuing education programs. They must make sure that in- service education programs are conducted periodically. After training, the nurses should be able to ascertain the stressors and take the appropriate measures to resolve them. In contrast the nurses should also be regarded with incentives, work appraisals and bonus so that they might feel satisfied with their services rendered and hard work.

 

Nursing Research:

Today nurses are actively generating, publishing and applying research in practice to improve client care and enhance scientific knowledge base of nursing. The present study throws light on knowledge of staff nurses regarding perceived causes of Burnout syndrome among staff nurses. Nurse need to engage in multidisciplinary research so that it will help improve the knowledge and by applying it, many personal problems can be solved. Extensive nursing research in exploring the knowledge level on Burnout Syndrome is needed so that nurses develop the best coping strategies.

 

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Received on 25.09.2019         Modified on 07.10.2019

Accepted on 18.10.2019       ©A&V Publications All right reserved