Factors associated with job burnout among dental nurses: a cross-sectional study.
Job burnout is a systemic challenge in healthcare, and dental nurses facing unique occupational stressors that linked to higher burnout symptom levels. Despite the growing recognition of burnout as a public health concern in health care workers, previous studies have paid relatively little attention to dental nurses.
This study aimed to investigate the current status of job burnout among dental nurses and identify its associated factors.
A cross-sectional study was conducted from September to October 2024, enrolling 261 dental nurses from a stomatological hospital in Yunnnan provinces of China. Data were collected using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS), Nurse Job Stressor Scale (NJSS), Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), Nurse's Career Identity Scale (NCIS), Social Support Rate Scale (SSRS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and a self-designed general information sheet. A logistic regression model was constructed to analyse the associated factors correlated with job burnout.
The median score of job burnout was 38.67 (21.33-56.00), and the overall burnout prevalence was 33.7%. The results of logistic regression showed that depression [odds ratio (OR) = 1.117; 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.060, 1.177); P < 0.001], occupational stress [OR = 1.063; 95% CI (1.028, 1.098); P < 0.001] were associated factors of job burnout.
This study explores job burnout in dental nurses and confirms depression and occupational stress as its associated factors. Attention to dental nurses' mental health and targeted interventions are critical to alleviating burnout and improving nursing quality.
This study aimed to investigate the current status of job burnout among dental nurses and identify its associated factors.
A cross-sectional study was conducted from September to October 2024, enrolling 261 dental nurses from a stomatological hospital in Yunnnan provinces of China. Data were collected using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS), Nurse Job Stressor Scale (NJSS), Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), Nurse's Career Identity Scale (NCIS), Social Support Rate Scale (SSRS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and a self-designed general information sheet. A logistic regression model was constructed to analyse the associated factors correlated with job burnout.
The median score of job burnout was 38.67 (21.33-56.00), and the overall burnout prevalence was 33.7%. The results of logistic regression showed that depression [odds ratio (OR) = 1.117; 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.060, 1.177); P < 0.001], occupational stress [OR = 1.063; 95% CI (1.028, 1.098); P < 0.001] were associated factors of job burnout.
This study explores job burnout in dental nurses and confirms depression and occupational stress as its associated factors. Attention to dental nurses' mental health and targeted interventions are critical to alleviating burnout and improving nursing quality.
Authors
Xiong Xiong, Wang Wang, Li Li, Yang Yang, Pu Pu, Huang Huang, Liu Liu, Liu Liu, Liu Liu, Zou Zou
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