Guadalupe Manzano-García1, Pilar Montañés2, Jesús L Megías3. 1. Department of Sciences Education, University of La Rioja, C/La Cigüeña, n° 60, 26004 Logroño, Spain. Electronic address: guadalupe.manzano@unirioja.es. 2. Department of Sciences Education, University of La Rioja, Edif Vives. C/ Luis de Ulloa, 2, 26004 Logroño, Spain. Electronic address: maria-pilar.montanes@unirioja.es. 3. Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, 18071 Granada, Spain. Electronic address: jlmegias@ugr.es.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The high levels of indebtedness and deficit of Spain's autonomous communities as a consequence of the national and European economic crisis have caused radical changes in the Spanish National Health Service. At the present time, the economic crisis is seriously affecting nurses in several European countries, and especially in Spain. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to analyse whether nursing students' perceptions of economic crisis influence their levels of burnout and engagement in relation to their studies. We have also tried to clarify the relationship of sociodemographic variables (age and gender) and personal control factors (self-efficacy, locus of control and success) with these factors. DESIGN: This was a transversal study based on descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Analysis of the quantitative data was performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences, IBM 19.0 (SPSS, 2010). PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: 166 nursing students participated in the study, comprising 142 women and 24 men studying in Schools of Nursing in the North of Spain. They completed various questionnaires to gather information on sociodemographic variables and measure burnout, engagement, locus of control, expectations of success and perceptions of threat due to the economic crisis. RESULTS: Higher perception of economic crisis by the students is related to higher scores for burnout and lower scores for engagement. The scores for burnout were also positively predicted by external locus of control and negatively predicted by perception of self-efficacy. The age of participants is related to lower levels of burnout and higher levels of engagement. Finally, expectation of success also positively predicted the level of engagement. CONCLUSIONS: The results demonstrate the importance of the perceptions of the economic crisis on the development of burnout and engagement among nursing students.
BACKGROUND: The high levels of indebtedness and deficit of Spain's autonomous communities as a consequence of the national and European economic crisis have caused radical changes in the Spanish National Health Service. At the present time, the economic crisis is seriously affecting nurses in several European countries, and especially in Spain. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to analyse whether nursing students' perceptions of economic crisis influence their levels of burnout and engagement in relation to their studies. We have also tried to clarify the relationship of sociodemographic variables (age and gender) and personal control factors (self-efficacy, locus of control and success) with these factors. DESIGN: This was a transversal study based on descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Analysis of the quantitative data was performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences, IBM 19.0 (SPSS, 2010). PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: 166 nursing students participated in the study, comprising 142 women and 24 men studying in Schools of Nursing in the North of Spain. They completed various questionnaires to gather information on sociodemographic variables and measure burnout, engagement, locus of control, expectations of success and perceptions of threat due to the economic crisis. RESULTS: Higher perception of economic crisis by the students is related to higher scores for burnout and lower scores for engagement. The scores for burnout were also positively predicted by external locus of control and negatively predicted by perception of self-efficacy. The age of participants is related to lower levels of burnout and higher levels of engagement. Finally, expectation of success also positively predicted the level of engagement. CONCLUSIONS: The results demonstrate the importance of the perceptions of the economic crisis on the development of burnout and engagement among nursing students.
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Authors: Jaume-Miquel March-Amengual; Irene Cambra Badii; Joan-Carles Casas-Baroy; Cristina Altarriba; Anna Comella Company; Ramon Pujol-Farriols; Josep-Eladi Baños; Paola Galbany-Estragués; Agustí Comella Cayuela Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-03-12 Impact factor: 3.390