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. 2022 Jul 14;19:16. doi: 10.3352/jeehp.2022.19.16

Table 2.

Factors associated with burnout among nursing educators

First author/year Factors associated with the EE subscale Factors associated with the DP subscale Factors associated with the PA subscale
Dick [19] (1992) - There was a significant negative relationship between management style and the EE subscale (r=-0.34, P<0.001). - There was a significant negative relationship between management style and the DP subscale (r=-0.27, P<0.001). - There was a significant positive relationship between management style and the PA subscale (r=0.16, P<0.01).
- There was a significant negative relationship between collegial support and the EE subscale (r=-0.43, P<0.001). - There was a significant negative relationship between collegial support and the DP subscale (r=-0.26, P<0.001).
Talbot [23] (2000) NA NA - There was a positive relationship between humor and the PA subscale (r=0.36, P<0.002).
Cam [18] (2001) - There was a significant negative relationship between work setting satisfaction and the EE subscale (β=0.343, P<0.01). - There was a significant positive relationship between job pressure and the DP subscale (β=-0.269, P<0.01). - There was a significant positive relationship between job satisfaction and the PA subscale (β=-0.232, P<0.01).
- There was a significant negative relationship between job satisfaction and the EE subscale (β=0.296, P<0.01). - There was a significant negative relationship between communication style and the DP subscale (β=0.246, P<0.01). - There was a significant negative relationship between academic position and the PA subscale (β=0.266, P<0.01).
- There was a significant positive relationship between job pressure and the EE subscale (β=-0.207, P<0.01). - There was a significant positive relationship between marital status and the DP subscale (β=-0.171, P<0.01). - There was a significant positive relationship between work-setting satisfaction and the PA subscale (β=-0.255, P<0.01).
- There was a significant positive relationship between marital status and the EE subscale (β=-0.177, P<0.01).
- There was a significant negative relationship between the fulfillment of self-expectations and the EE subscale (β=0.161, P<0.01).
Sarmiento et al. [22] (2004) - There was a significant negative relationship between workplace empowerment and the EE subscale (r=-0.51, P<0.01). - There was a significant negative relationship between workplace empowerment and the DP subscale (r=-0.40, P<0.01). - There was a significant positive relationship between workplace empowerment and the PA subscale (r=0.38, P<0.01).
- There was a significant negative relationship between job satisfaction and the EE subscale (r=-0.65, P=0.01). - There was a significant negative relationship between job satisfaction and the DP subscale (r=-0.52, P=0.01). - There was a significant positive relationship between job satisfaction and the PA subscale (r=0.42, P=0.01).
- There was a significant positive relationship between the number of classroom students taught and the EE subscale (r=0.38, P<0.05). - There was a significant positive relationship between the number of classroom students taught and the DP subscale (r=0.38, P<0.05).
- There was a significant positive relationship between hours of work per week and the EE subscale (r=0.30, P<0.05).
Kizilci et al. [4] (2012) NA - The results showed that single academics had a higher level of DP than married (P<0.05). - The results showed that academics 30 years and below reported a lower level of PA than 31 and above of academics (P<0.05).
- The results showed that professors and research assistants reported a lower level of PA than instructors (P<0.05).
Heydari et al. [20] (2014) - There was a significant relationship between gender and the EE subscale (P<0.001). - There was a significant negative relationship between the score of the work environment subscales and the DP subscale (P<0.05). -
- There was a significant negative relationship between the score of the work environment subscales and the EE subscale (P<0.05).
- There was a significant positive relationship between hours of work and the EE subscale (r=0.21, P=0.01).
- There was a significant positive relationship between full-time work and the EE subscale (r=0.37, P<0.001).
Mohammed et al. [21] (2014) NA NA NA
Batista et al. [17] (2016) NA NA NA
Aquino et al. [3] (2018) The mean score for the EE subscale among PhD faculty was significantly higher than among DNP faculty (t=1.96, df=144, P=0.025) NA NA
Wu et al. [5] (2021) NA NA NA
Xu et al. [9] (2021) - There was a significant positive relationship between perceived stress and the EE subscale (r=0.483, P<0.01). - There was a significant positive relationship between perceived stress and the DP subscale (r=0.307, P<0.01). - There was a significant negative relationship between perceived stress and the PA subscale (r=-0.395, P<0.01).
- There was a significant negative relationship between subjective well-being and the EE subscale (r=-0.339, P<0.01). - There was a significant negative relationship between subjective well-being and the DP subscale (r=-0.231, P<0.01). - There was a significant positive relationship between subjective well-being and the PA subscale (r=0.330, P<0.01).

EE, emotional exhaustion; DP, depersonalization; PA, personal accomplishment; NA, not applicable; PhD, Doctor of Philosophy; DNP, Doctor of Nursing Practice; df, degrees of freedom.