title: The Prevalence of Job Stress and its Relationship with Burnout Syndrome among the Academic Members of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Burnout syndrome is one of the consequences and the results of occupational or job stress emerged in the form of emotional exhaustion feeling, depersonalization and decrement personal accomplishment. The aim of this study was to determine the occupational stress and its relationship with burnout syndrome in the academic members of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences.
  
  
  METHODS
  This descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted on 111 of the faculty members via multistage sampling. Data were collected by the questionnaire of Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), and Osipow Occupational Stress Inventory (OSI- R). Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics as well as analytical statistics such as chi square, Kruskal-Wallis, Mann Whitney tests and Pearson correlation coefficient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that the most of the participants had a low level of burnout three dimensions including emotional burnout (72.1%), depersonalization (81.1%), and the decrement of personal accomplishment (56.8%). Moreover 79.3% of samples had a low occupational stress, but there was a meaningful relationship between occupational stress and dimensions of burnout syndrome with an exception for the intensity of decrement of personal accomplishment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Academic members were in an appropriate condition concerning burnout syndrome and occupational stress. However by applying some strategies to decrease stress and determining stress resources, we can improve their psychological health of academic members.
authors.affiliation: Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
authors.forename: Hedayat
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nazari
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
authors.forename: Mojgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jariani
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Lorestan University of Medical Science, Khorramabad, Iran.
authors.forename: Shorangiz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beiranvand
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Lorestan University of Medical Science, Khorramabad, Iran.
authors.forename: Mandana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saki
authors.affiliation: Graduated from Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
authors.forename: Nasrin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aghajeri
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
authors.forename: Farzad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ebrahimzadeh
keywords: Faculty; Professional burnout; Psychological; Stress; Workplace