Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY NURSING
Volume 18, Issue 5, Pages 527-533Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2014.04.005
Keywords
Burnout; Nurses; Stress; Attachment styles; Death attitudes; Terminal care; Nurse training; Palliative care
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Purpose: Our aim is to identify sodo-demographic, professional exposure to dying, training degree and personal factors relevant to burnout dimensions in nurses coping with death issues. Method: A sample of 360 nurses (response rate 70.6%) from internal medicine, oncology, haematology and palliative care departments of five health institutions answered to a socio-demographic and professional questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory, Death Attitude Profile Scale, Purpose in Life Test and Adult Attachment Scale. Results: No significant differences were found between medical departments in burnout scores except when comparing those with palliative care department which showed significant lesser levels of emotional exhaustion (t = 2.71; p < .008) and depersonalization (t = 3.07; p < .003) and higher levels of personal accomplishment (t = -2.24; p < .027). By multiple regression analysis exhaustion and depersonalization are negative, sequentially determined respectively by purpose in life, dependent attachment, fear of death attitude and by purpose in life, dependent attachment, years of professional experience and personal accomplishment by positive purpose on life and secure attachment. Conclusion: We conclude for the protective value of factors such as meaning and purpose in life, secure attachment and attitude towards death, through the various burnout dimensions that shows the need to develop under and postgraduate training strategies in these specific areas. Crown Copyright (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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