Relationship between Negative Feelings toward Elderly Patients and the Burnout of Nursing Care Staff in Geriatric Health Service Facilities.

A questionnaire survey was conducted of 1283 nursing care staff in geriatric health service facilities in the Kanto district of Japan to identify the relationship between negative feelings towards elderly patients in the facilities and nursing care staff. We collected and analyzed data from 710 responses with the mean age of respondents 36.67 ± 11.03 years (Mean ± SD). The mean score of burnout of these nursing care staff was 11.97 ± 3.03 (p < .01), and the mean scores of negative feelings was 2.94 ± 2.42. The results suggest that the subscale of negative emotions, “negative feelings nursing care staff develop towards elderly patients” and “negative feelings passively developed by nursing care staff due to elderly patients” are related to burnout. It is necessary to develop measures to control negative feelings of nursing care staff. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]