Nicolò Martinelli1, Margherita Frattolillo2, Valerio Sansone3. 1. IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi, 4, 20161, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: n.martinelli@unicampus.it. 2. Department of Orthopedic, ICCS Istituto Clinico Città Studi, 20131, Milan, Italy. 3. IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi, 4, 20161, Milan, Italy; Department of Orthopaedics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122, Milan, Italy.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recent studies reported particularly high levels of burnout in nurses working in Orthopedic and Trauma departments. OBJECTIVE: The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the estimated prevalence of burnout and psychiatric morbidity in a population of nurses that work in Italian orthopedic and traumatology departments and to reveal eventual correlations between socio-demographic factors, stress factors, and satisfaction at work. METHODS: Nurses, employed in orthopedics and traumatology departments, were asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire including: a section on demographic data, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Short-Form 12, a section on personal and social life, work conditions, and feelings about the work. RESULTS: A high emotional exhaustion (EE) value was present in 35 nurses (66%), a high depersonalization (DP) value in 44 nurses (83%), and a low personal accomplishment (PA) value in 47 nurses (88%). High levels of burnout (EE and DP) were strongly correlated to nurses' perception of health-related quality of life (in the Mental Component Summary-12). CONCLUSION: The average subscales of burnout were remarkably high among Italian orthopedic nurses, suggesting the need of further studies for obtaining a more exact prevalence of this phenomenon.
BACKGROUND: Recent studies reported particularly high levels of burnout in nurses working in Orthopedic and Trauma departments. OBJECTIVE: The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the estimated prevalence of burnout and psychiatric morbidity in a population of nurses that work in Italian orthopedic and traumatology departments and to reveal eventual correlations between socio-demographic factors, stress factors, and satisfaction at work. METHODS: Nurses, employed in orthopedics and traumatology departments, were asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire including: a section on demographic data, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Short-Form 12, a section on personal and social life, work conditions, and feelings about the work. RESULTS: A high emotional exhaustion (EE) value was present in 35 nurses (66%), a high depersonalization (DP) value in 44 nurses (83%), and a low personal accomplishment (PA) value in 47 nurses (88%). High levels of burnout (EE and DP) were strongly correlated to nurses' perception of health-related quality of life (in the Mental Component Summary-12). CONCLUSION: The average subscales of burnout were remarkably high among Italian orthopedic nurses, suggesting the need of further studies for obtaining a more exact prevalence of this phenomenon.