title: Job Burnout, Job Satisfaction, and Related Factors among Health Care Workers in Golestan Province, Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Burnout causes physical and emotional tireness, job dissatisfaction, resulting in reduced efficiency and a feeling of alienation from colleagues. Also, job satisfaction has a major impact on job-related behaviors, such as turnover intention, absenteeism, and job performance. The aim of this study was to determine job burnout, job satisfaction rate, and related factors among health care workers in Golestan Province in Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,141 health workers in Golestan Province in northern Iran. Data were collected using a questionnaire that was comprised of four sections. It consisted of socio-economic characteristics, physical environment and facilities of health house (rural health clinic), Maslach burnout inventory, and a satisfaction questionnaire. Multi-nomial Logistic Regression was conducted to analyze the data using SPSS software, version 22.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were significant relationships between the intensity of job burnout and age (p < 0.001), years of experience (p < 0.001), low education level (p = 0.027), number of children (p = 0.002), dissatisfaction with income (p < 0.001), physical environment of health houses (p = 0.003), facilities of health houses (p = 0.025). There were significant relationships between the frequency of job burnout and age (p < 0.001), years of experience (p < 0.001), low education level (p = 0.016), number of children (p = 0.003), dissatisfaction with income (p < 0.001), and the physical environment of health houses (p = 0.008). There were significant relationships between job satisfaction and the satisfaction from income (p = 0.001), the physical environment of health houses (p = 0.001), and the facilities of health houses (p = 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Burnout was average among health workers, and health workers job satisfaction rate was lower than the average level in health workers. Effective interventions are recommended with regards to the unfavorable condition of job satisfaction and its relationship with job burnout.
authors: Ph.D. of Health Services Management, Assistant Professor, Health Management and Social Development Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
authors: Mohammad Javad
authors: MJ
authors: Kabir
authors: Ph.D. Candidate in Health Policy, Department of Management and Health Economic, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Alireza
authors: A
authors: Heidari
authors: Ph.D. of Epidemiology, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Koorosh
authors: K
authors: Etemad
authors: M.Sc., Medical Education, Health Management and Social Development Research Center, Golestan University of Medical sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
authors: Ashrafi Babazadeh
authors: AB
authors: Gashti
authors: Ph.D. of Community Health, Assistant Professor, Health Management and Social Development Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
authors: Nahid
authors: N
authors: Jafari
authors: Ph.D. Candidate in Nutrition Science, Health Management and Social Development Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
authors: Mohammad Reza
authors: MR
authors: Honarvar
authors: M.Sc., Epidemiology, Deputy of Research, Golestan University of Medical Science, Gorgan, Iran.
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Ariaee
authors: M.Sc., Health services Management, Office of knowledge translation and research utilization, Vice-Chancellery for Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Mansureh
authors: M
authors: Lotfi
keywords: Golestan Province; Health Care Workers; Iran; Job Burnout; Job Satisfaction