Asimenia Ntantana1, Dimitrios Matamis2, Savvoula Savvidou1, Maria Giannakou3, Mary Gouva4, George Nakos5, Vasilios Koulouras5. 1. ICU "Papageorgiou" General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece. 2. ICU "Papageorgiou" General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: dmatamis@gmail.com. 3. ICU AHEPA University Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece. 4. Technological Educational Institutes of Ipeirus, Greece. 5. ICU University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To investigate if burnout in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is influenced by aspects of personality, religiosity and job satisfaction. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: Cross-sectional study, designed to assess burnout in the ICU and to investigate possible determinants. Three different questionnaires were used: the Malach Burnout Inventory, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the Spiritual/Religious Attitudes Questionnaire. Predicting factors for high burnout were identified by multivariate logistic regression analysis. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: This national study was addressed to physicians and nurses working full-time in 18 Greek ICU departments from June to December 2015. RESULTS: The participation rate was 67.9% (n=149) and 65% (n=320) for ICU physicians and nurses, respectively). High job satisfaction was recorded in both doctors (80.8%) and nurses (63.4%). Burnout was observed in 32.8% of the study participants, higher in nurses compared to doctors (p<0.001). Multivariate analysis revealed that neuroticism was a positive and extraversion a negative predictor of exhaustion (OR 5.1, 95%CI 2.7-9.7, p<0.001 and OR 0.49, 95%CI 0.28-0.87, p=0.014, respectively). Moreover, three other factors were identified: Job satisfaction (OR 0.26, 95%CI 0.14-0.48, p<0.001), satisfaction with current End-of-Life care (OR 0.41, 95%CI 0.23-0.76, p=0.005) and isolation feelings after decisions to forego life sustaining treatments (OR 3.48, 95%CI 1.25-9.65, p=0.017). CONCLUSIONS: Personality traits, job satisfaction and the way End-of-Life care is practiced influence burnout in the ICU.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate if burnout in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is influenced by aspects of personality, religiosity and job satisfaction. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: Cross-sectional study, designed to assess burnout in the ICU and to investigate possible determinants. Three different questionnaires were used: the Malach Burnout Inventory, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the Spiritual/Religious Attitudes Questionnaire. Predicting factors for high burnout were identified by multivariate logistic regression analysis. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: This national study was addressed to physicians and nurses working full-time in 18 Greek ICU departments from June to December 2015. RESULTS: The participation rate was 67.9% (n=149) and 65% (n=320) for ICU physicians and nurses, respectively). High job satisfaction was recorded in both doctors (80.8%) and nurses (63.4%). Burnout was observed in 32.8% of the study participants, higher in nurses compared to doctors (p<0.001). Multivariate analysis revealed that neuroticism was a positive and extraversion a negative predictor of exhaustion (OR 5.1, 95%CI 2.7-9.7, p<0.001 and OR 0.49, 95%CI 0.28-0.87, p=0.014, respectively). Moreover, three other factors were identified: Job satisfaction (OR 0.26, 95%CI 0.14-0.48, p<0.001), satisfaction with current End-of-Life care (OR 0.41, 95%CI 0.23-0.76, p=0.005) and isolation feelings after decisions to forego life sustaining treatments (OR 3.48, 95%CI 1.25-9.65, p=0.017). CONCLUSIONS: Personality traits, job satisfaction and the way End-of-Life care is practiced influence burnout in the ICU.
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