Table 2.
The Prevalence of nurse’ job burnout in three dimensions [n(%)]
| Variables | Dimension of burnout syndrome | ≥ 2 types of high burnout | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High EE | P-value | High DP | P-value | High PA | P-value | |||
| Total | 392(27.4) | 769(48.5) | 295(18.6) | 661(41.7) | ||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 5(1.3) | 0.300 | 13(1.7) | 0.564 | 5(1.7) | 0.781 | 12(1.8) | 0.846 |
| Female | 387(98.7) | 756(98.3) | 290(98.3) | 649(98.2) | ||||
| Age (Year) | ||||||||
| <30 | 174(44.4) | 0.993 | 374(48.6) | < 0.001* | 156(52.9) | 0.003* | 324(49.0) | 0.002* |
| 30 ~ 40 | 151(38.5) | 291(37.8) | 93(31.5) | 244(36.9) | ||||
| ≥ 40 | 67(17.1) | 104(13.5) | 46(15.6) | 93(14.1) | ||||
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Others | 2(0.5) | 0.094 | 5(0.7) | < 0.001* | 3(1.0) | 0.046* | 3(0.5) | < 0.001* |
| Single | 117(29.8) | 241(31.3) | 97(32.9) | 213(32.2) | ||||
| Married | 273(69.6) | 523(68.0) | 195(66.1) | 445(67.3) | ||||
| Procreation status | ||||||||
| No | 150(38.3) | 0.059 | 295(38.4) | 0.001* | 121(41.0) | 0.007* | 271(41.0) | < 0.001* |
| Yes | 242(61.7) | 474(61.6) | 174(59.0) | 390(59.0) | ||||
| Education | ||||||||
| College or below | 82(20.9) | 0.027* | 180(23.4) | 0.125 | 106(35.9) | < 0.001* | 171(25.9) | 0.564 |
| Bachelor or more | 310(79.1) | 589(76.6) | 189(64.1) | 490(74.1) | ||||
| Service year | ||||||||
| <3 | 49(12.5) | 0.113 | 110(14.3) | < 0.001* | 56(19.0) | 0.006* | 103(15.6) | < 0.001* |
| 3 ~ 10 | 172(43.9) | 347(45.1) | 131(44.4) | 300(45.4) | ||||
| ≥ 10 | 171(43.6) | 312(40.6) | 108(36.6) | 258(39.0) | ||||
| Professional title | ||||||||
| Primary | 241(61.5) | 0.505 | 517(67.2) | 0.008* | 212(71.9) | 0.005* | 444(67.2) | 0.056 |
| Intermediate | 139(35.5) | 236(30.7) | 78(26.4) | 201(30.4) | ||||
| Advanced | 12(3.1) | 16(2.1) | 5(1.7) | 16(2.4) | ||||
| Employee status | ||||||||
| Non-Regular | 326(83.2) | 0.795 | 668(86.9) | < 0.001* | 255(86.4) | 0.142 | 573(86.7) | 0.005* |
| Regular | 66(16.8) | 101(13.1) | 40(13.6) | 88(13.3) | ||||
| Hospital | ||||||||
| Specialized | 29(7.4) | < 0.001* | 103(13.4) | 0.027* | 61(20.7) | 0.006* | 82(12.4) | 0.004* |
| General | 363(92.6) | 666(86.6) | 234(79.3) | 579(87.6) | ||||
| ICU | ||||||||
| No | 373(95.2) | 0.102 | 722(93.9) | 0.422 | 284(96.3) | 0.026* | 626(94.7) | 0.071 |
| Yes | 19(4.8) | 47(6.1) | 11(3.7) | 35(5.3) | ||||
| Patients with infectious disease | ||||||||
| No | 16(4.1) | < 0.001* | 47(6.1) | < 0.001* | 37(12.5) | 0.041* | 37(5.6) | < 0.001* |
| Yes | 376(95.9) | 722(93.9) | 258(87.5) | 624(94.4) | ||||
| Night shifts (per month) | ||||||||
| ≤ 3 | 129(32.9) | < 0.001* | 245(31.9) | < 0.001* | 120(40.7) | 0.571 | 211(31.9) | < 0.001* |
| 4 ~ 5 | 127(32.4) | 277(36.0) | 95(32.2) | 228(34.5) | ||||
| ≧ 6 | 136(34.7) | 247(32.1) | 80(27.1) | 222(33.6) | ||||
| PTSD | ||||||||
| Not at all | 2(0.5) | < 0.001* | 3(0.4) | < 0.001* | 18(6.1) | 0.005* | 4(0.6) | < 0.001* |
| A little bit | 7(1.8) | 25(3.3) | 41(13.9) | 21(3.2) | ||||
| Moderately | 52(13.3) | 154(20.0) | 96(32.5) | 116(17.5) | ||||
| Quite a bit | 188(48.0) | 395(51.4) | 98(33.2) | 343(51.9) | ||||
| Extremely | 143(36.5) | 192(25.0) | 42(14.2) | 177(26.8) | ||||
Note: PTSD, Post-traumatic stress disorder; EE: Emotional exhaustion, DP: Depersonalization, PA: Diminished personal accomplishment. *: P < 0.05, the significant difference