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| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 528 - 537 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Issues in Mental Health Nursing |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
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Staff Burnout - a comparative study of metropolitan and rural mental health nurses within Australia. / Singh, Charanjit; Cross, Wendy Michele; Jackson, Debra Elizabeth.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Staff Burnout - a comparative study of metropolitan and rural mental health nurses within Australia
AU - Singh, Charanjit
AU - Cross, Wendy Michele
AU - Jackson, Debra Elizabeth
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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 South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western 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
AB - 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 South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western 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
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/doi/pdf/10.3109/01612840.2014.996838
U2 - 10.3109/01612840.2014.996838
DO - 10.3109/01612840.2014.996838
M3 - Article
VL - 36
SP - 528
EP - 537
JO - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
SN - 0161-2840
IS - 7
ER -