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Predictors of professional burnout and fulfilment in a longitudinal analysis on nurses and healthcare workers in the COVID‐19 pandemic

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: (1) To investigate the vulnerability of nurses to experiencing professional burnout and low fulfilment across 5 months of the COVID‐19 pandemic. (2) To identify modifiable variables in hospital leadership and individual vulnerabilities that may mitigate these effects. BACKGROUND...

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Autores principales: Guastello, Andrea D., Brunson, Jason Cory, Sambuco, Nicola, Dale, Lourdes P., Tracy, Natasha A., Allen, Brandon R., Mathews, Carol A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9538120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35949164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16463
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author Guastello, Andrea D.
Brunson, Jason Cory
Sambuco, Nicola
Dale, Lourdes P.
Tracy, Natasha A.
Allen, Brandon R.
Mathews, Carol A.
author_facet Guastello, Andrea D.
Brunson, Jason Cory
Sambuco, Nicola
Dale, Lourdes P.
Tracy, Natasha A.
Allen, Brandon R.
Mathews, Carol A.
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description AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: (1) To investigate the vulnerability of nurses to experiencing professional burnout and low fulfilment across 5 months of the COVID‐19 pandemic. (2) To identify modifiable variables in hospital leadership and individual vulnerabilities that may mitigate these effects. BACKGROUND: Nurses were at increased risk for burnout and low fulfilment prior to the COVID‐19 pandemic. Hospital leadership factors such as organisational structure and open communication and consideration of employee opinions are known to have positive impacts on work attitudes. Personal risk factors for burnout include symptoms of depression and anxiety. METHODS: Healthcare workers (n = 406 at baseline, n = 234 longitudinal), including doctors (n = 102), nurses (n = 94), technicians (n = 90) and non‐clinical administrative staff (n = 120), completed 5 online questionnaires, once per month, for 5 months. Participants completed self‐report questionnaires on professional fulfilment and burnout, perceptions of healthcare leadership, and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Participants were recruited from various healthcare settings in the southeastern United States. The STROBE checklist was used to report the present study. RESULTS: Both at baseline and across the 5 months, nurses working during the COVID‐19 pandemic reported increased burnout and decreased fulfilment relative to doctors. For all participants, burnout remained largely steady and fulfilment decreased slightly. The strongest predictors of both burnout and fulfilment were organisational structure and depressive symptoms. Leadership consideration and anxiety symptoms had smaller, yet significant, relationships to burnout and fulfilment in longitudinal analyses. CONCLUSIONS: Burnout and reduced fulfilment remain a problem for healthcare workers, especially nurses. Leadership styles and employee symptoms of depression and anxiety are appropriate targets for intervention. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Leadership wishing to reduce burnout and increase fulfilment among employees should increase levels of organisational support and consideration and expand supports to employees seeking treatment for depression and anxiety.
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spelling pubmed-95381202022-10-11 Predictors of professional burnout and fulfilment in a longitudinal analysis on nurses and healthcare workers in the COVID‐19 pandemic Guastello, Andrea D. Brunson, Jason Cory Sambuco, Nicola Dale, Lourdes P. Tracy, Natasha A. Allen, Brandon R. Mathews, Carol A. J Clin Nurs Original Articles AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: (1) To investigate the vulnerability of nurses to experiencing professional burnout and low fulfilment across 5 months of the COVID‐19 pandemic. (2) To identify modifiable variables in hospital leadership and individual vulnerabilities that may mitigate these effects. BACKGROUND: Nurses were at increased risk for burnout and low fulfilment prior to the COVID‐19 pandemic. Hospital leadership factors such as organisational structure and open communication and consideration of employee opinions are known to have positive impacts on work attitudes. Personal risk factors for burnout include symptoms of depression and anxiety. METHODS: Healthcare workers (n = 406 at baseline, n = 234 longitudinal), including doctors (n = 102), nurses (n = 94), technicians (n = 90) and non‐clinical administrative staff (n = 120), completed 5 online questionnaires, once per month, for 5 months. Participants completed self‐report questionnaires on professional fulfilment and burnout, perceptions of healthcare leadership, and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Participants were recruited from various healthcare settings in the southeastern United States. The STROBE checklist was used to report the present study. RESULTS: Both at baseline and across the 5 months, nurses working during the COVID‐19 pandemic reported increased burnout and decreased fulfilment relative to doctors. For all participants, burnout remained largely steady and fulfilment decreased slightly. The strongest predictors of both burnout and fulfilment were organisational structure and depressive symptoms. Leadership consideration and anxiety symptoms had smaller, yet significant, relationships to burnout and fulfilment in longitudinal analyses. CONCLUSIONS: Burnout and reduced fulfilment remain a problem for healthcare workers, especially nurses. Leadership styles and employee symptoms of depression and anxiety are appropriate targets for intervention. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Leadership wishing to reduce burnout and increase fulfilment among employees should increase levels of organisational support and consideration and expand supports to employees seeking treatment for depression and anxiety. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9538120/ /pubmed/35949164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16463 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Clinical Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Guastello, Andrea D.
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Sambuco, Nicola
Dale, Lourdes P.
Tracy, Natasha A.
Allen, Brandon R.
Mathews, Carol A.
Predictors of professional burnout and fulfilment in a longitudinal analysis on nurses and healthcare workers in the COVID‐19 pandemic
title Predictors of professional burnout and fulfilment in a longitudinal analysis on nurses and healthcare workers in the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_full Predictors of professional burnout and fulfilment in a longitudinal analysis on nurses and healthcare workers in the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_fullStr Predictors of professional burnout and fulfilment in a longitudinal analysis on nurses and healthcare workers in the COVID‐19 pandemic
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title_short Predictors of professional burnout and fulfilment in a longitudinal analysis on nurses and healthcare workers in the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_sort predictors of professional burnout and fulfilment in a longitudinal analysis on nurses and healthcare workers in the covid‐19 pandemic
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9538120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35949164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16463
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