Table 3.
Univariate analysis of influencing factors of nurses’ job burnout
| Variables | Total | Burnout | χ2 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | ||||
| Total | 1584(100.0) | 1146(72.3) | 438(27.7) | — | — |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 30(1.9) | 25(2.2) | 5(1.1) | 1.844 | 0.174 |
| Female | 1554(98.1) | 1121(97.8) | 433(98.9) | ||
| Age | |||||
| < 30 | 700(44.2) | 467(40.8) | 233(53.2) | 21.448 | < 0.001* |
| 30 ~ 40 | 614(38.8) | 464(40.5) | 150(34.2) | ||
| ≥ 40 | 270(17.0) | 215(18.8) | 55(12.6) | ||
| Marital status | |||||
| Others | 23(1.5) | 22(1.9) | 1(0.2) | 25.231 | < 0.001* |
| Single | 431(27.2) | 276(24.1) | 155(35.4) | ||
| Married | 1130(71.3) | 848(74.0) | 282(64.4) | ||
| Procreation status | |||||
| No | 544(34.3) | 352(30.7) | 192(43.8) | 24.191 | < 0.001* |
| Yes | 1040(65.7) | 794(69.3) | 246(56.2) | ||
| Education | |||||
| College or below | 398(25.1) | 293(25.6) | 105(24.0) | 0.428 | < 0.001* |
| Bachelor or more | 1186(74.9) | 853(74.4) | 333(76.0) | ||
| Service year | |||||
| < 3 | 241(15.2) | 170(14.8) | 71(16.2) | 23.086 | < 0.001* |
| 3 ~ 10 | 637(40.2) | 424(37.0) | 213(48.6) | ||
| ≥ 10 | 706(44.6) | 552(48.2) | 154(35.2) | ||
| Professional title | |||||
| Primary | 1012(63.9) | 706(61.6) | 306(69.9) | 10.442 | 0.005* |
| Intermediate | 524(33.1) | 400(34.9) | 124(28.3) | ||
| Advanced | 48(3.0) | 40(3.5) | 8(1.8) | ||
| Employee status | |||||
| Non-Regular | 1324(83.6) | 937(81.8) | 387(88.4) | 10.041 | 0.002* |
| Regular | 260(16.4) | 209(18.2) | 51(11.6) | ||
| Hospital | |||||
| Specialized | 245(15.5) | 202(17.6) | 43(9.8) | 14.780 | < 0.001* |
| General | 1339(84.5) | 944(82.4) | 395(90.2) | ||
| ICU | |||||
| No | 1479(93.4) | 1066(93.0) | 413(94.3) | 0.830 | < 0.001* |
| Yes | 105(6.6) | 80(7.0) | 25(5.7) | ||
| Patients with infectious disease | |||||
| No | 149(9.4) | 125(10.9) | 24(5.5) | 10.956 | < 0.001* |
| Yes | 1435(90.6) | 1021(89.1) | 414(94.5) | ||
| Night shifts (days per month) | |||||
| ≤ 3 | 617(39.0) | 488(42.6) | 129(29.5) | 35.528 | < 0.001* |
| 4 ~ 5 | 552(34.8) | 400(34.9) | 152(34.7) | ||
| ≧ 6 | 415(26.2) | 258(22.5) | 157(35.8) | ||
| PTSD | |||||
| Not at all | 3.7(3.7) | 58(5.1) | 1(0.2) | 266.416 | < 0.001* |
| A little bit | 10.6(10.6) | 156(13.6) | 12(2.7) | ||
| Moderately | 30.9(30.9) | 423(36.9) | 66(15.1) | ||
| Quite a bit | 41(41.0) | 432(37.7) | 217(49.5) | ||
| Extremely | 13.8(13.8) | 77(6.7) | 142(32.4) | ||
Note: PTSD, Post-traumatic stress disorder; *: P < 0.05, the significant difference