Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18868
Title: | Staff Burnout: a Comparative Study of Metropolitan and Rural Mental Health Nurses within Australia | Contributor(s): | Singh, Charanjit (author); Cross, Wendy (author); Jackson, Debra (author) | Publication Date: | 2015 | DOI: | 10.3109/01612840.2014.996838 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18868 | Abstract: | This article will present the findings of a research study that investigated the extent to which mental health nurses employed within rural and metropolitan areas of Australia are affected by burnout, using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and a demographic questionnaire. The study also examined whether the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was a valid measure of mental health burnout within the Australian context and culture or alternatively, in what ways it needed to be refined? A cross-sectional study of mental health nurses (n = 319) from the states of New SouthWales, Victoria, Queensland andWestern Australia was undertaken. The 22-item Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used to measure burnout and a demographic questionnaire utilising a cluster sampling, cross-sectional design survey method, was used to gather the data. The study found that gender and level of qualification were the two major factors that showed any significance, where males experienced a higher level of depersonalisation on the frequency and intensity sub-scale scores of the MBI and that the more qualified a nurse, the greater the level of depersonalisation they experienced. These results were true for participants in both rural and metropolitan settings within Australia. Age was the third most influencing factor in terms of emotional exhaustion, where younger participants (under 30) reported higher levels of emotional exhaustion. Younger male mental health nurses experienced higher levels of depersonalisation. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 36(7), p. 528-537 | Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Inc | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1096-4673 0161-2840 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 420599 Nursing not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920210 Nursing | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200307 Nursing | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
---|---|
Appears in Collections: | Journal Article |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format |
---|
SCOPUSTM
Citations
10
checked on Jan 20, 2024
Page view(s)
1,250
checked on Jan 21, 2024
Items in Research UNE are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.