title: Burnout and quality of life in nurses of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the relationship of burnout and quality of life among nurses of different departments at a tertiary care hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  The observational, cross-sectional study was conducted at Mayo Hospital, Lahore, from November 2013 to May2014, and comprised nurses recruited by convenience sampling. Maslach Burnout Inventory was used to assess burnout and World Health Organisation Quality of life instrument's BREF version was used to assess quality of life of the subjects. Data was analysed using SPSS 16.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 106 nurses with a mean age of 35.5±7 years, 83(79%) were experiencing severe burnout and a low quality of life. Nurses of Surgery and Obstetrics/Gynaecology departments who worked longer hours on the night shift scored higher on burnout and lower on quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Burnout in nurses was very common because of increasing workload and can negatively affect their quality of life leading to compromised patient care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Shahana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naz
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ali Madeeh
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hashmi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Aftab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asif
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010154:Pakistan; D011788:Quality of Life; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers
keywords: Burnout, Nurses, Quality of life, Tertiary care hospital, Pakistan.