The purposes of this study were to define the perception level of nurses burnout experience, and the Factors which Influence the level of Burnout.
The subject of the survey were 360 nurses working in six university hospitals in Seoul. The Data were s...
The purposes of this study were to define the perception level of nurses burnout experience, and the Factors which Influence the level of Burnout.
The subject of the survey were 360 nurses working in six university hospitals in Seoul. The Data were surveyed by means of questionnaire from Feb. 10 to 25, 1986.
The Burnout Scale developed by Pines et, al., (1981) and adapted to the Korean situation by Hong. were used as a basis of this survey. The Research subjected the questionnaire to a pre-test and to an internal reliability consistency test through item analysis.
For the purpose of analysis of the data were used by mean and frequency, t-test, t ANOVA, the stepwise multiple regression.
The results of the study were as follows.
1) The mean distribution of the level of nurses' burnout experience was 2.47 score
2) Variables which influenced the level of nurses' burnout were the age (F=4.089, df=4/355, p < .05) material status(F=15.397, df=1/358, p < .001), clinical experience (F=4.760, df=3/356, p < .05), clinical fields (F=3.039, df=7/352, p < .05), motivation of admitted professional nursing (F=3.266, df=5 df=5/354, p < .05), The nurses intention to stay (F=17,511, df=3/356, p < .001), Degree of satisfaction with nursing (F=25.522, df=4/355, p < .001). The meaningfulness of nursing profession (F=3.147, df=4/355, p< .05), The chance for nursing professional growth (F=7.250, df=4/355, p < .001).
3) Through stepwise multiple regression 9 factors were quested for their priority order of influence on bornout.
Out of 1st 4 factors (The age, degree of satisfaction with nursing, The chance for nursing professional growth, The nurses intention to stay) which sum up to 25.5% of explanation for burnout, Degree of satisfaction stood out as its foremost explanate at 19.9%.
Therefore further study is needed to investigate the predictors of the acceptance of burnout.