title: Job burnout in psychiatric and medical nurses in Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran.
abstract: By means of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, we examined job burnout among randomly selected nurses working on psychiatric (55 nurses) and medical units (51 nurses) at 2 university hospitals in Isfahan during 2003. Psychiatric nurses experienced a greater degree of emotional exhaustion than the medical nurses (P < 0.05). Significant positive correlation was noted between age, years of experience and frequency of on-calls and emotional exhaustion for the psychiatric nurses. Frequency of on-calls was also significantly associated with a sense of non-accomplishment. Longer duration of service was accompanied by higher degree of emotional depersonalization for the medical nurses.
authors.affiliation: Medical Education Research Centre, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Yousefy
authors.forename: Gh R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Ghassemi
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D016272:Occupational Health; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload