BURNOUT IN THE LONG-TERM CARE PROVIDER: AN ASSESSMENT OF BURNOUT FACTORS AMONG CLINICAL EMPLOYEES IN NURSING HOMES (CARE PROVIDERS).
Contributors: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Published: 1990
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Education, Health.; Health Sciences, Education.; Health Sciences, Health Care Management.
Description: The Maslach Burnout Inventory was administered to 276 nursing home employees to examine burnout factors, among nursing home employees. Comparisons were made between the scores of clinical nursing home employees in other human services professions. Comparisons were also made between clinical nursing home employees and a sample of other health care workers. Both the comparison samples were taken from the research of Christina Maslach who developed the instrument used in the study.

Burnout scores were also correlated to longevity of the employment and the size of the facility to determine if either of these variables was related to burnout. Burnout scores were also compared to determine if there were differences among employees working in skilled and intermediate care facilities. Scores were compared to determine differences between for-profit and non-profit facilities.

The instrument, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), measures burnout by assessing three burnout factors, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment.

The results of this study showed that there is only a slight difference between burnout scores of nursing home employees and those of general human services professions. Compared to other health care professions outside of nursing homes, more significant differences were found. Depersonalization was especially found to be greater among nursing home employees. When examining individual occupations within the nursing home industry, it was found that burnout scores among licensed practical nurses was significantly lower than all other employees.

These findings suggest two implications for health education. First, there may be opportunities for improving care to nursing home residents by identifying and improving problems associated with burnout of the caregiver. Second, there may be opportunities to improve the work setting of nursing home employees thus improving their physical and mental well-being.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-05, Section: A, page: 1647.

Thesis (PH.D.)--SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AT CARBONDALE, 1990.

School code: 0209.