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The role of aggressions suffered by healthcare workers as predictors of burnout.
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); Nov2013, Vol. 22 Issue 21-22, p3120-3129, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Aims and objectives. To examine the prevalence of aggression against healthcare professionals and to determine the possible impact that violent episodes have on healthcare professionals in terms of loss of enthusiasm and involvement towards work. The objective was to analyse the percentage of occupational assault against professionals' aggression in different types of healthcare services, differentiating between physical and verbal aggression as a possible variable in detecting burnout in doctors and nursing professionals. Background. Leiter and Maslach have explored a double process model of burnout not only based on exhaustion by overload, but also based on personal and organisational value conflicts (community, rewards or values). Moreover, Whittington has obtained conclusive results about the possible relationship between violence and burnout in mental health nurses. Design. A retrospective study was performed in three hospitals and 22 primary care centres in Spain ( n = 1·826). Methods. Through different questionnaires, we have explored the relationship between aggression suffered by healthcare workers and burnout. Results. Eleven percent of respondents had been physically assaulted on at least one occasion, whilst 34·4% had suffered threats and intimidation on at least one occasion and 36·6% had been subjected to insults. Both forms of violence, physical and non-physical aggression, showed significant correlations with symptoms of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and inefficacy). Conclusions. The survey showed evidence of a double process: (1) by which excess workload helps predict burnout, and (2) by which a mismatch in the congruence of values, or interpersonal conflict, contributes in a meaningful way to each of the dimensions of burnout, adding overhead to the process of exhaustion-cynicism-lack of realisation. Relevance to clinical practice. Studies indicate that health professionals are some of the most exposed to disorders steaming from psychosocial risks and a high comorbidity: anxiety, depression, etc. There is a clear need for accurate instruments of evaluation to detect not only the burnout but also the areas that cause it. Professional exhaustion caused by aggression or other factors can reflect a deterioration in the healthcare relationship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout
HOSPITALS
AGGRESSION (Psychology)
CHI-squared test
DEPERSONALIZATION
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
INVECTIVE
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL personnel
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
STATISTICS
VIOLENCE
EMPLOYEES' workload
DATA analysis
CAUSAL models
MULTIPLE regression analysis
RETROSPECTIVE studies
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09621067
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 21-22
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90673605
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04255.x