PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH BURNOUT AMONG NURSES IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS IN PESHAWAR: A CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

Background: Nurse Burnout is a global issues that causes emotional tiredness, depersonalization, and deceased personal accomplishment. This severely impacts nurse wellbeing, work performance, and patient care. Objective: To determine the frequency and predictors of burnout among nurses working at tertiary care hospitals in Peshawar.  Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross section study was conducted including 197 Registered Nurses utilizing no-probability convenience sampling. Data were gathered using the MBI questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, chi square test, independent t test, and multiple linear regression were used to investigate burnout measures connection and predictors. Results: The highest mean score was recorded for emotional tiredness (M= 3.19, SD=2.01), indicating that nurses experienced severe psychological fatigue. Chi square test reveals a significant relation between shift type and emotional tiredness (X2= 9.02, p= 0.03). Independent t test found that females reported more emotional tiredness than males ( t=2.12,p=0.036), night shift had higher depersonalization (t =2.31,p=0.022), and MSN qualified nurses had higher achievement ( t=2.31, p = 0.022. Multiple regression revealed that gender, shift, and long duty hours all predicated emotion exhaustion, accounting for 22.2% of the variance, shift and duty hours predicted depersonalization (18.5%), and education and shift influenced personal accomplishment, accounting for 17.6%. Conclusion: Burnout is frequent among nurses and is mostly impacted by job related factors rather personal attributes. To avoid burnout, institutional policy should focus on shift regulation, workload balance and professional development opportunities.

Keywords: 

Burnout, Nurses, Emotional Exhaustion, Personal Accomplishments