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Predictors and prevalence of burnout syndrome in nurse educators

Radica Tasić, Gordana Stanić
Academy of Applied Studies Belgrade, The College of Health Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia

Introduction: Burnout syndrome at work is defined as a state of emotional exhaustion,
depersonalization and reduced personal achievement and fulfillment. Constant stress-
ful reactions, bad interpersonal relationships, mobbing, anxiety about losing a job,
frustrations due to constant pressure from superiors contribute to the development
of burnout syndrome. All together, it leads to psychological and physiological changes
in employees with the consequences of developing depression and organic diseases.
The aim of the study was to examine the predictors and prevalence of burnout syn-
drome at work among nurse educators, as well as the relationship between psycho-
logical personality characteristics and job satisfaction with burnout scales (exhaustion,
cynicism and professional efficiency).
Methods: Our cross-sectional study was conducted among 302 nurse educators, em-
ployed in preschool institutions in the territory of Belgrade, in 2018. Respondents vol-
untarily and anonymously completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey
(MBI-GS), the Big Five Plus Two Questionnaire (Big Five+) and the Employee Satisfac-
tion Questionnaire. Statistical analysis was performed using Amos 21 and IBM SPSS
Statistics 25 software.
Results: The surveyed population was female, 38 (±9.2) age, with an average length of
service of 11 years, and the majority had completed high school (79.7%). The average
score of the exhaustion subscale was 1.5 (±1.3), and a moderate to high level of ex-
haustion was observed in 27.6% of nurse educators. The average score of the subscale
for professional efficacy was 5.3 (±0.7), and the scores for low, moderate and high
burnout were represented in 78.8%, 16.1% and 5.1%. The average score of the sub-
scale for cynicism was 1.6 (±1.1), and the majority of nurse educators had moderate
and high levels of burnout at work: 56.6% and 21.1%. In total, 251 (83.1%) nurse educa-
tors had moderate burnout syndrome. Aggression, neuroticism and negative valence
were positively correlated with exhaustion and cynicism (p < 0.001). Age and length of
service showed a significant positive correlation with exhaustion and cynicism. A high-
ly statistically significant correlation was found between exhaustion and cynicism with
all the satisfaction items examined. duševno zdravje delovno aktivnih in starejših odraslih | mental health of working-age and older adults
Discussion and conclusions: A large percentage of nurse educators have a moderately
pronounced burnout syndrome at work, which indicates the need to take preventive
measures with the aim of controlling and mitigating the influence of the analyzed pre-
dictors, as well as conducting further studies in order to find new predictors in order
to form a healthy working environment and prevent the occurrence of burnout syn-
drome at work.
Keywords: nurse educators, predictors of burnout syndrome, burnout syndrome, pub-
lic health

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