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Burnout among Palestinian Nurses Working in Governmental and Private Hospitals at Nablus District

2020; Scientific Research Publishing; Volume: 08; Issue: 07 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4236/jss.2020.87001

2327-5960

Imad Abukhader, Khadija Abu-Khader, Omnya Naser, Yasmin Saeed, Akram Maliashe,

Nursing education and management

Background: Burnout is a syndrome that typically characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. World Health Organization (WHO) recognized burn out as a mental health problem that defined as "a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic work-place stress that has not been successfully managed. Objectives: The study aimed to assess burnout among nurses and to determine the difference, if any, in burnout of nurses working in Government and Private Hospitals. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational design was used to assess burnout among nurses, and to explore the difference burnout level among nurses at four hospitals in Nablus district which are Nablus Specialty Hospital, Specialized Arab Hospital, which are private hospitals, in addition to Al Watani Hospital and Rafidia Surgical Hospital which are governmental hospitals. Out of the 420 nurses in Nablus district hospitals, 195 were selected as study participants using stratified random sampling. Data collection tools: A self-administered questionnaire of three parts: Demographic information, Occupation information and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used to measure burnout. Statistical Analysis: Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed in the analysis using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software (SPSS version 22). Frequencies were used to describe the demographic characteristics and work conditions. In addition to paired t-test and ANOVA to compare the means between governmental and private hospitals, and to determine any significance inferential statistics were generated at alpha level of P 0.05. Results: The majority of the participated nurses (95.4%) exhibited relatively high levels of Depersonalization, and (63.1%) nurses expressed moderate levels of Emotional exhaustion while 28.2% reported high Emotional exhaustion level. Conclusion: The study showed that nursing burnout is a substantial problem among nurses working in Governmental and Private Health sector hospitals. Also the study highly revealed that nurses' work conditions and demographic characteristics have a significant effect and crucial role on the nurses feeling of burnout.