title: Burnout among nurses working in medical and educational centers in Shahrekord, Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nursing burnout is the main characteristic of job stress that is a delayed reaction to chronic stressful situations in the workplace which could affect nurses who do not have sufficient emotional energy to cope and communicate with different types of patients. There is also sometimes this belief that they do not have the required capabilities for their jobs. The aim of this study was the evaluation of burnout among nurses working in medical and educational centers in Shahrekord.
  
  
  METHODS
  This descriptive study was performed on 340 nurses working in medical and educational centers in Shahrekord in 2009. Samples were selected using proportionate random sampling. Demographic information and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were filled in for all nurses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Burnout was considerable among nurses. The results showed that 34.6, 28.8, and 95.7% of the nurses had emotional exhaustion (EE), high depersonalization (DP), and high reduced personal accomplishment (PA), respectively. The mean scores (± standard deviation) for EE, DP, and PA were 22.77 (12.44), 6.99 (6.23), and 32.20 (9.26), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results showed that burnout was noticeable among nurses working in medical and educational centers in Shahrekord. Disproportionate relationship between the number of nurses, workload, and income was the most important factor affecting nursing burnout. Due to the importance of nursing in the health-care system, policy makers should adopt suitable strategies for increasing the satisfaction of nurses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Surgery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Jaefar
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moghaddasi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Surgery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mehralian
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Surgery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Yousef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aslani
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Surgery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Masoodi
authors.affiliation: Social Health Determinants Research Center and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amiri
keywords: Burnout; medical and educational centers; nursing