A Study On Hardiness And Job Burnout In Nurses

ObjectivesTo investigate the hardiness and job burnout of nurses and to describe the relationship between different hardiness, coping style, social support and burnout of nurses.To alleviate job burnout, maintaining physical and mental health of nurses, and provide a theoretical basis for achieving staff stability and improving performance.MethodsThis study used a questionnaire survey by facilitating the cluster sampling method to collect data. Data was collected from 750 nurses in two grade-3 hospitals and two grade-2 hospitals in hengyang through 5 kind questionnaire. The demographyic information of nurses was collected using common questionnaire. The information of hardiness of nurses was collected using Health-Related Hardiness Scale. The information of the coping styles of nurses was collected using Simple Coping Styles Questionnaire. The information of the support of the community of nurses was collected using Social Support Rating Scale. The status of burnout of nurses was investigated using Maslach Burnout Inventory.Results1. The scores of control, commitment, challenge were 4.26±0.576,4.62±0.778,4.71±0.698.The burnout of nurses was more serious. Eighty point two percent of informants showed moderate or high burnout on the personal accomplishment subscale of the MBI, sixty-one point three percent on the emotional exhaustion subscale, and fifty-four point four percent on the depersonalization subscale.2. The scores of burnout had statistic significance in terms of the length of service, literacy, position, titles, employment forms, departments, whether taking night shifts, economic conditions and marital status(P<0.05). The scores of hardiness had statistic significance in terms of hospital grade, age, the length of service, literacy, position, titles, employment forms, departments, economic conditions and marital status(P<0.05).3. Hardiness dimensions of nurses were negatively correlated with emotional exhaust- ion, depersonalization and negative coping style, but positively correlated with personal accomplishment, positive coping style and social support dimentions.4. The scores of positive and negative coping style were lower than that of common model, and the difference had statistic significance. Positive coping style was negatively correlated with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, but positively correlated with personal accomplishment. Negative coping style was positively correlated with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, but negatively correlated with personal accomplishment.5. The total score of social support was 40.92±7.80.social support dimensions of nurses were negatively correlated with emotional exhaustion and depersonalizati- on, but positively correlated with personal accomplishment.Conclusion1. Nurses'hardiness was slightly higher than the average,but job burnout was serious.2. The score of burnout had statistic significance in terms of the length of service, literacy, position, titles, employment forms, departments, whether taking night shifts, economic conditions and marital status.3. The score of hardiness had statistic significance in terms of hospital grade, age, the length of service, literacy, position, titles, employment forms, departments, economic conditions and marital status.4. Nurses'hardiness, positive coping style, negative coping style, objective support, subjective support and support utilization influence job burnout.5,Nurses'coping style and social support can mediate partly the relationship between hardiness and job burnout.