Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY NURSING
Volume 30, Issue -, Pages 91-96Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2017.08.004
Keywords
Anxiety; Burnout; Cancer; Depression; Nursing; Occupational health; Oncology; Oncology nursing; Personality
Funding
- Andalucial Regional Government [P11HUM-7771]
- CEI BioTic Granada [mP_BS_6]
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [mP_BS_6]
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Purpose: To assess burnout levels in oncology nurses, to evaluate at what stage of burnout suffering they are and to analyze the relationship between burnout with personality factors. Method: A quantitative, observational, cross-sectional multicenter study was done. Oncology nurses (n = 101) from the Andalusian Health Service (Andalusia, Spain) were included. The main variables were personality factors, assessed with the NEO-FFI questionnaire, anxiety and depression, assessed with the Educational-Clinical Questionnaire: Anxiety and Depression, and burnout, evaluated with the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Student t-statistic was used for hypothesis contrasts and Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to establish the association between personality factors and burnout. Results: According to the burnout phases model, 29.6% of the sample is in the most severe phases. Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization are positively correlated with neuroticism and negatively correlated with agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion and openness. Personal accomplishment has a negative correlation with neuroticism and negative correlations with agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion and openness. Finally, emotional exhaustion and depersonalization have a positive correlation with anxiety and depression, while personal accomplishment has a negative correlation with anxiety and depression. Conclusions: A significant number of oncology nurses are in the most severe stages of burnout suffering. Personality factors have a key role in burnout development. The importance of personality factors in burnout development should be taken into account. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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