The Association of Burnout Syndrome among Nursing Staff in King Abdullah Medical City - Makkah Based on Specialty

Nada Jowhar Firaq^1, and Omar Z. Alsharqi²

¹Nursing Administration Department, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

²Faculty of Economics and Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah- Saudi Arabia

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Nada Jowhar Firaq and Omar Z. Alsharqi. The Association of Burnout Syndrome among Nursing Staff in King Abdullah Medical City - Makkah Based on Specialty. American Journal of Nursing Research. 2022; 10(1):1-6. doi: 10.12691/ajnr-10-1-1

Abstract

Background: Burnout remain significant concerns in nursing, affecting both individuals and organizations. Burnout is a challenging health problem. This problem is harmful to humans and health systems. Therefore, in recent years, particular attention has been paid to research on burnout, especially among the nursing professions. Objective: The study aim was to investigate the association of burnout syndrome among nursing staff at King Abdullah Medical City (KAMC) in the city of Makkah, based on individual nursing specialization and examining the possible existing relationships between the magnitudes of burnout syndrome with some variables. Subjects and Methods: The Study type was a Cross-Sectional design. Undertaken in a specialized hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Sample collected from 376 nurses working in different specialties. Data collection was done by using a survey questionnaire that comprises of two segments. The first part of the survey was containing sociodemographic data (gender, age, nationality...etc). On the other hand, the second part of the survey consist of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS). Results: The result showed that the emotional exhaustion has higher score which indicate the nurses have higher emotional exhaustion. Depersonalization shows lower score that means low burn out and personal accomplishment shows higher score that means the participants have more personal accomplishments. The finding shows that there is significance difference exist between Burn out among nursing staff with educational level and primary work area. There is no relationship exist between Burn out with years of experience and staff position. Conclusion and Recommendations: This research represents to the association of burnout syndrome among nursing staff. This finding can be used to identify contributing elements that are the primary causes of exhaustion among full-time nurses, as well as to investigate the scope and magnitude of burnout syndrome as experienced by full-time nurses. The hospital management should establish an action plan to reduce professional burnout among nurses by increasing participation and communication between professionals and management.

Keywords:
burnout syndrome nursing staff specialty

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