İnvestigation of burnout levels in nurses according to different variables: Example of a universty hospital

The present study performed cross-sectional to investige burnout levels of the nurses working in university hospital and and the relationship between burnout and sociodemographic variables. A sample selection was not prefered and the whole universe was accepted as sample instead. 192 nurses working in the related hospital were included in the study. The data collection of the study was completed in May 2015. A sociodemographic data form including 31 questions and Maslach Burnout Scale (MBS) were used in data collection. The evaluation of the data was performed with Mann-Whitney U and Kruskall Wallis Test , T-test and One-way ANOVA. Burnout levels were found increased in the study group. In burnout sub-dimension, emotional burnout of the subjects were found increased while personal success sense was found decreased. In desensetization sub-dimension burnout was found as moderate levels. The factors that have been found related with burnout levels of the nurses in universty hospital are sexuality, family life, sense of income levels, diagnosed diseases, story of psychological support, total time of service in the department, annual leave use, professional development activities, problem sense at work, levels of professional commitment, In concusion, burnout syndrome may be seen as a result of interaction of personal properties and workplace and Professional properties. All this variables may effect directly or indirectly levels of burnout and burnout subdimensions. Keywords: Burnout, Professional, Nurses, Risk Factors.