Individual and environmental determinants of burnout among nurses

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Rees, Clare S., Eley, Robert, Osseiran-Moisson, Rebecca, Francis, Karen, Cusack, Lynette, Heritage, Brody and Hegney, Desley. (2019). Individual and environmental determinants of burnout among nurses. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 24(3), pp. 191-200. https://doi.org/10.1177/1355819619840373
AuthorsRees, Clare S., Eley, Robert, Osseiran-Moisson, Rebecca, Francis, Karen, Cusack, Lynette, Heritage, Brody and Hegney, Desley
Abstract

Objective
Burnout is a significant problem affecting the nursing workforce and is associated with significant personal suffering and high rates of nurse turnover. Efforts to further understand the variables that explain burnout are needed. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine both environmental and individual factors that may explain burnout among nurses.

Method
We recruited 1848 Australian nurses to complete several online questionnaires measuring the practice environment (Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index), burnout (Professional Quality of Life Scale), trait negative affect (Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory form Y2) and resilience (Connor Davidson Resilience Scale). Correlational analysis as well as hierarchical regression was used to determine the relative importance of variables in explaining burnout scores.

Results
All of the practice environment scales were significantly related to burnout in the negative direction, and these relationships were above .3 for all except the relationship scale (r = –.256) and the participation in hospital affairs scale (r = –.285). Overall, the regression model accounted for 62% of the variance in nurse burnout scores. Trait negative affect, resilience and two aspects of practice environment (Manager sub-scale and Staffing sub-scale) all explained significant variance in burnout scores. The largest contribution came from the two individual variables (resilience and trait negative affect) that together explained 55% of the variance in burnout scores.

Conclusions
Findings suggest that health service administrators should provide nursing staff with education and support to build individual resilience. Workplaces that attend to staffing and resource issues and have managers who provide high levels of support to their staff appear to be essential strategies to help prevent nurse burnout.

Keywordsburnout; environmental factors; individual factors; nursing; resilience; workforce
Year2019
JournalJournal of Health Services Research & Policy
Journal citation24 (3), pp. 191-200
PublisherSage Publications Ltd.
ISSN1355-8196
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/1355819619840373
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85069602953
Research or scholarlyResearch
Page range191-200
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Online11 Jul 2019
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Deposited02 Jun 2021
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