Asian Nurs Res.  2018 Mar;12(1):42-49. 10.1016/j.anr.2018.01.003.

Burnout Study of Clinical Nurses in Vietnam: Development of Job Burnout Model Based on Leiter and Maslach's Theory

Affiliations
  • 1Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan. nguyenthuhuongdhyhp@gmail.com
  • 2Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
  • 3Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan.
  • 4Nursing Faculty of Hai Phong University for Medicine and Pharmacy, Haiphong, Viet Nam.

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study aimed to create a Vietnamese version of both the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) and Areas of Worklife Scale (AWS) to assess the burnout state of Vietnamese clinical nurses and to develop a causal model of burnout of clinical nurses.
METHODS
We conducted a descriptive design using a cross-sectional survey. The questionnaire was hand divided directly by nursing departments to 500 clinical nurses in three hospitals. Vietnamese MBI-GS and AWS were then examined for reliability and validity. We used the revised exhaustion +1 burnout classification to access burnout state.We performed path analysis to develop a Vietnamese causal model based on the original model by Leiter and Maslach's theory.
RESULTS
We found that both scales were reliable and valid for assessing burnout. Among nurse participants, the percentage of severe burnout was 0.7% and burnout was 15.8%, and 17.2% of nurses were exhausted. The best predictor of burnout was "on-duty work schedule" that clinical nurses have to work for 24 hours. In the causal model, we also found similarity and difference pathways in comparison with the original model.
CONCLUSION
Vietnamese MBI-GS and AWS were applicable to research on occupational stress. Nearly one-fifth of Vietnamese clinical nurses were working in burnout state. The causal model suggested a range of factors resulting in burnout, and it is necessary to consider the specific solution to prevent burnout problem.

Keyword

burnout; nurses; Vietnam

MeSH Terms

Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Classification
Cross-Sectional Studies
Hand
Humans
Nursing
Reproducibility of Results
Vietnam*
Weights and Measures
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