title: Oncology staff: burnout, job satisfaction and coping with stress.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The oncology staff is at high risk for developing psychological disorders and burnout. In this study, we aimed to evaluate their burnout levels, job satisfaction, psychological statement and ways of coping with stress and the relationship between these variables and their sociodemographic and occupational characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Among all health workers at the Istanbul University Institute, of Oncology, 159 were included in the study. A sociodemographic data form, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire, the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and the Styles of Coping Inventory-Short Form were used to evaluate burnout and its contributing factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  High levels of 'emotional exhaustion', 'depersonalization' and 'low sense of personal accomplishment' were determined in 30.2%, 8.2% and 44% of all participants, respectively. The variables that affected emotional exhaustion were assessed by logistic regression analysis. Accordingly, the ratio of emotional exhaustion was approximately 10 times higher in those for whom job stress was the most important stress factor compared with those who indicated nonjob stress for each one point increase on the GHQ and depersonalization scores, which were other predictors, with odds ratio (OR) : 1.23, p = 0.006 and OR : 1.67, p < 0.001, respectively. A negative correlation was detected between adaptive coping styles and 'burnout,' and a positive correlation was found between maladaptive coping strategies and exhaustion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is necessary to monitor the psychological status of employees in oncology units with scanning tools such as GHQ to understand their job stress perceptions and to help them develop adaptive coping methods.
authors: Department of Psychosocial Oncology, Istanbul University, Institute of Oncology, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Hulya
authors: H
authors: Guveli
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Dilek
authors: D
authors: Anuk
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Serap
authors: S
authors: Oflaz
authors: Department of Radiation Oncology, Istanbul University, Institute of Oncology, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Murat Emin
authors: ME
authors: Guveli
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Nazmiye Kocaman
authors: NK
authors: Yildirim
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Mine
authors: M
authors: Ozkan
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Sedat
authors: S
authors: Ozkan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D003861:Depersonalization / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005221:Fatigue / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: burnout; cancer; coping with stress; job satisfaction; oncology staff