Epidemiol Health.
2016;38:e2016008. 10.4178/epih.e2016008.
Predictors of job satisfaction and burnout among tuberculosis management nurses and physicians
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- 1Department of Tuberculosis, Seobuk Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. karlfreud@naver.com
- 3Department of Epidemiology and Medical Informatics, Public Health Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
- 4Gangdong Health Center, Seoul, Korea.
- 5Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, Cheongju, Korea.
- 6Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea.
- 7Gangbuk Health Center, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2380699
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2016008
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
This study examined job satisfaction, empowerment, job stress, and burnout among tuberculosis management nurses and physicians in public healthcare institutions.
METHODS
This was a cross-sectional study analyzing survey data collected from 249 nurses and 57 physicians in 105 public health centers, three public tuberculosis hospitals, and one tertiary hospital. The survey questionnaire comprised general characteristics, work-related characteristics, and four index scales (job satisfaction, empowerment, job stress, and burnout). The two-sample t-test was used to estimate the mean differences in the four index scales. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine whether general and work-related characteristics affected the four index scales.
RESULTS
The job satisfaction and empowerment scores of the nurses were lower than those of the physicians. Except for the tuberculosis-specialized hospitals alone, the average job satisfaction scores of nurses were higher than those of physicians. Moreover, the nurses reported more job stress and burnout than did the physicians in tuberculosis departments in public healthcare institutions in Korea; in particular, the burnout reported by nurses was significantly higher than that reported by physicians at the National Medical Center. Marital status, nursing position, number of coworkers, the average number of days of overtime work per month, self-rated health, and hospital type were associated with the four index scales.
CONCLUSIONS
Overall, nurses were more vulnerable to job stress and burnout than physicians. Reducing the workload of nurses by ensuring the presence of sufficient nursing staff and equipment, as well as by equipping facilities to prevent tuberculosis infections, should be considered priorities.
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