Relationship between job demand and burnout in nurses: does it depend on work engagement?
OBJECTIVE
The present study aimed to deepen the understanding of the relationships among job demands, control, social support, burnout and engagement in nurses.


BACKGROUND
Burnout is a prevalent phenomenon among nurses because of the interaction between high demands and low resources, according to the job demands-resources model.


METHODS
A descriptive, correlational design was used in a stratified random sample of 100 nurses recruited from two Spanish hospitals. Job demand, social support, control, engagement, and burnout were measured. Data were analysed by hierarchical regression analysis.


RESULTS
Social support is a significant predictor of nurses' engagement and demands is a predictor of nurses' burnout. Work engagement moderates the relationship between job demands and burnout.


CONCLUSIONS
The process that leads to burnout and the process that leads to engagement are not isolated processes; engagement acts as a moderator of burnout.


CONCLUSIONS
The prevailing paradigm in combating burnout in nursing can be changed and could be based on the enhancement of nurses' strengths through increasing engagement.
Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona. rgarcias@cst.cat.|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola, Barcelona. rgarcias@cst.cat.
Rosa
R
García-Sierra
Stress and Health Research Group, Department of Basic Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola, Barcelona.
Jordi
J
Fernández-Castro
Department of Health Psychology, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Spain.
Fermín
F
Martínez-Zaragoza
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012944:Social Support; D013030:Spain; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*
burnout; engagement; job demand-resources model; nurses