title: Factors related to the burnout of Japanese female nurses with children under 3 years old.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Burnout is a common feature among healthcare professionals; however, little systematic research exists on burnout among nurses who are raising children. The burnout-related factors among female nurses with children under the age of 3 years were identified in order to ascertain potential burnout prevention methods.
  
  
  METHODS
  In total, 1681 nurses with children who worked at nine city hospitals in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, were sent the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey; 1173 nurses responded in June 2014. They were divided according to their sex and children's ages. A data analysis was undertaken for those female nurses with children who were aged under 3 years who provided valid responses (n = 158).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A number of factors related to burnout in female nurses with children aged under 3 years was found via a multiple regression analysis: irritation at being unable to attend to their own affairs, over 4-6 h of overtime work per week, having a child aged under 3 years as the first or second child, little sense of work fulfillment, using a childcare facility outside the workplace, dissatisfaction with their salary, feeling ill-qualified as a parent, and a sense of inadequate support.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Child care occurs during a limited period and appropriate support is needed. A workplace environment with no overtime work, a childcare facility in the workplace, and mental health support to reduce "feelings of irritation" and "feeling ill-qualified as a parent" could help to prevent burnout in female nurses with toddlers and infants.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing and Rehabilitation Science at Odawara, International University of Health and Welfare, Kanagawa, Japan.|Graduate School of Health and Welfare Science, International University of Health and Welfare Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Health and Welfare Science, International University of Health and Welfare Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Health and Welfare Science, International University of Health and Welfare Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kobiyama
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Shoin University, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Health and Welfare Science, International University of Health and Welfare Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sera
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace
keywords: 
  Japan; burnout; child care; female nurses; parents