Dispositional Optimism, Burnout and Their Relationship with Self-Reported Health Status among Nurses Working in Long-Term Healthcare Centers

Maria Carmen Malagón-Aguilera, Rosa Suñer-Soler, Anna Bonmatí-Tomas, Cristina Bosch-Farré, Sandra Gelabert-Viella, Aurora Fontova-Almató, Armand Grau-Martín and Dolors Juvinyà-Canal
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Maria Carmen Malagón-Aguilera: Department of Nursing, University of Girona, Health and Healthcare Research Group, 17003 Girona, Spain
Rosa Suñer-Soler: Department of Nursing, University of Girona, Health and Healthcare Research Group, 17003 Girona, Spain
Anna Bonmatí-Tomas: Department of Nursing, University of Girona, Health and Healthcare Research Group, 17003 Girona, Spain
Cristina Bosch-Farré: Department of Nursing, University of Girona, Health and Healthcare Research Group, 17003 Girona, Spain
Sandra Gelabert-Viella: Department of Nursing, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain
Aurora Fontova-Almató: Department of Nursing, University of Girona, Health and Healthcare Research Group, 17003 Girona, Spain
Armand Grau-Martín: Quality of Life Institute, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain
Dolors Juvinyà-Canal: Department of Nursing, University of Girona, Health and Healthcare Research Group, 17003 Girona, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 14, 1-12

Abstract: The mental health of nurses working in long-term healthcare centers is affected by the care they provide to older people with major chronic diseases and comorbidity and this in turn affects the quality of that care. The aim of the study was to investigate dispositional optimism, burnout and self-reported health among nurses working in long-term healthcare centers. A descriptive, cross-sectional survey design was used. Survey questionnaires were distributed in 11 long-term health care centers ( n = 156) in Catalonia (Spain). The instruments used were LOT-R (dispositional optimism), MBI (burnout) and EuroQol EQ-5D (self-reported health). Bivariate analyses and multivariate linear regression models were used. Self-reported health correlated directly with dispositional optimism and inversely with emotional exhaustion and cynicism. Better perceived health was independently associated with greater dispositional optimism and social support, lower levels of emotional exhaustion level and the absence of burnout. Dispositional optimism in nurses is associated with a greater perception of health and low levels of emotional exhaustion.

Keywords: health psychology; health promotion; occupational mental health; optimism; burnout; elderly care; long term care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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