Burnout prevalence and influencing factors among nurses in a tertiary general hospital in Shanghai

Objective To investigate the prevalence and influencing factors of job burnout among nurses in a tertiary general hospital， providing a reference for medical institutions to develop effective management for job burnout.

Methods 684 nurses were investigated with general demographic questionnaire and Maslach burnout inventory （MBI）.

Results Among the three dimensions of job burnout， the scores ［median （25 percentile， 75 percentile）］ of emotional exhaustion （EE）， depersonalization （DP） and personal achievement （PA） were 25 （17， 33）， 5 （2， 9）， and 30 （23， 37）， respectively. Low PA was the most common problem （62.6%）， followed by EE （43.4%）， and DP （24.6%）. Logistic regression analysis found that age， marital status， job type， weekly working time， annual income， self-rated health were the influencing factors of severe EE （P<0.05）； self-rated health was the influencing factors of severe DP （P<0.05）； and employment mode， self-rated health were the influencing factors of severe PA （P<0.05）.

Conclusion The detection rate of job burnout among nurses is high， especially reflected in the EE and DP. Self-rated health is the main associated factor of job burnout. It is suggested that nurses should be intervened in a multi-faceted and multi-angle manner to alleviate job burnout.