Occurrence of Professional Burnout and Severity of Depressive Symptoms among Cardiac Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study

Anna Larysz, Anna Prokopowicz, Michał Zakliczyński and Izabella Uchmanowicz
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Anna Larysz: Clinic of Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Department of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
Anna Prokopowicz: Department of Nursing and Obstetrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland
Michał Zakliczyński: Clinic of Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Department of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
Izabella Uchmanowicz: Department of Nursing and Obstetrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 22, 1-11

Abstract: Nurses with depression are not only likely to suffer themselves, but it may have an impact on their coworkers and potentially the quality of care they provide. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of depression and its association with burnout in cardiac nurses. A group of 400 cardiac nurses (361 women and 39 men) was enrolled. The standardized tools such as Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Patient Health Questionaire-9 (PHQ-9) were used. A high level of professional burnout regarding emotional exhaustion was observed in 53.3% of nurses, high depersonalization in 52.5%, and low personal accomplishment in 72.8%. PHQ-9 and BDI were shown to correlate significantly and positively with all three MBI subscales ( p < 0.05). High depressive symptoms and occupational burnout were correlated with depression ( p < 0.05). In conclusion, nurses were found to have high levels of depression and professional burnout, which may have resulted in a negative impact on the quality of patient care. Identification of burnout in cardiac nurses is necessary to consider interventions to prevent stress and depression.

Keywords: cardiac nurses; depression; occupational burnout; quality of care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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