Determination of the relationship between the humorous styles and burnout levels of nurses working in pediatric clinics

The research was carried out to determine in a descriptive form the relationship between the humor styles and burnout levels of nurses working in pediatric clinics. The scope of the research included 135 nurses working in Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University (BEU) Application and Research Center and Zonguldak Public Hospitals Association (ZKHB) Child Diseases and Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, located at the central district of the Zonguldak. Survey forms, Maslach Burnout Scale and Humor Styles Scale were used to determine the socio-demographic and occupational characteristics of the nurses participating in the study. SPSS 24.0 package program was used to evaluate the findings obtained in the study. The 44.4% of the nurses felt that they have occupational burnout because of their profession. The distribution of the subscale scores of the Maslach Burnout Scale, shows that the "emotional burnout" level is (9.180 ± 4.444); the "desensitization" level is moderate (2.960 ± 2.313); and the "low self-efficacy feeling" level is (20,150 ± 4,134). It was found that the nurses "participatory humor" level is (4.482 ± 0.743); the "Self-improving humor" level is (4.044 ± 0.865); the "aggressive humor" level is (3.121 ± 0.812); and the "self-destructive humor" level is (3.607 ± 0.888). During the analysis of the influence of humor on the prevention of burnout, it was found that the nurses, who think that the humor affects the burnout, feel their selves more successful (p<0.05). The positive humor style and the participant and self-improving humor scores of such nurses were found to be higher than nurses who think that the humor is not effective in the prevention of burnout (p<0.05).The average aggressive humor point scores of nurses with negative humor were higher in nurses who thought that humor is not effective in the prevention of burnout. Furthermore, it was observed that the emotional exhaustion desensitization score increases as the aggressive humor score increases. As the self-enhancement humor sub-scale score increases, the low self-efficacy sub-scale score also decreases (p<0.05).