Relationship Between Moral Intelligence and Occupational Burnout in Mazandaran Pre-Hospital Emergency Staff During COVID-19 Pandemic
Background and purpose: COVID-19 pandemic caused high workload and led to high levels of burnout in medical staff including emergency medical personnel. Identifying and preventing occupational burnout can efficiently improve mental health in workplace and enhance the quality of services delivered. T...
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| author | Hassan Talebi Ghadicolaei Zoya Hadinejad Abolfazl Hosseinnataj Seyed Leila Hosseini Tahereh Yaghoubi |
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| description | Background and purpose: COVID-19 pandemic caused high workload and led to high levels of burnout in medical staff including emergency medical personnel. Identifying and preventing occupational burnout can efficiently improve mental health in workplace and enhance the quality of services delivered. This research aimed to investigate the relationship between occupational burnout and moral intelligence in emergency medical staff.
Materials and methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in 250 pre-hospital emergency staff in Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021. The participants were selected from emergency bases using stratified sampling. Data were collected using demographic characteristics checklist, Moral Intelligence Scale (Lennick & Kiel), and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Structural equation and maximum likelihood model were applied. Data analyses were carried out in SPSS 23 and Amos 24.
Results: The mean scores for moral intelligence and burnout were 81.10±8.30 and 44.41±13.73, respectively. Every one point increase in moral intelligence score decreased burnout score by 1.55 (P=0.054). Significant relationships were seen between all dimensions of Moral Intelligence Scale and moral intelligence (P<0.001). Keeping promises (r=0.82, P<0.001) and the ability to let go of one’s own mistakes (r=0.79, P<0.001) were found to be highly correlated with moral intelligence. In MBI, only personal accomplishment showed a significant positive correlation coefficient with burnout (r=0.41, P=0.026).
Conclusion: In this study, improvements in moral intelligence score decreased the burnout score. Therefore, improving moral intelligence, as an acquired ability, in emergency medical personnel can reduce the levels of burnout experienced. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-572196fe91f349a29eec2b58db7cf5a42023-02-28T09:08:23ZengMazandaran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences1735-92601735-92792022-09-01322128796Relationship Between Moral Intelligence and Occupational Burnout in Mazandaran Pre-Hospital Emergency Staff During COVID-19 PandemicHassan Talebi Ghadicolaei0Zoya Hadinejad1Abolfazl Hosseinnataj2Seyed Leila Hosseini3Tahereh Yaghoubi4 MSc in Critical Care Nursing, Emergency Medical Services, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran PhD Student of Health in Emergencies and Disaster, Health in Emergency and Disaster Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Assistant Professor, Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Sari, Iran Background and purpose: COVID-19 pandemic caused high workload and led to high levels of burnout in medical staff including emergency medical personnel. Identifying and preventing occupational burnout can efficiently improve mental health in workplace and enhance the quality of services delivered. This research aimed to investigate the relationship between occupational burnout and moral intelligence in emergency medical staff. Materials and methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in 250 pre-hospital emergency staff in Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021. The participants were selected from emergency bases using stratified sampling. Data were collected using demographic characteristics checklist, Moral Intelligence Scale (Lennick & Kiel), and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Structural equation and maximum likelihood model were applied. Data analyses were carried out in SPSS 23 and Amos 24. Results: The mean scores for moral intelligence and burnout were 81.10±8.30 and 44.41±13.73, respectively. Every one point increase in moral intelligence score decreased burnout score by 1.55 (P=0.054). Significant relationships were seen between all dimensions of Moral Intelligence Scale and moral intelligence (P<0.001). Keeping promises (r=0.82, P<0.001) and the ability to let go of one’s own mistakes (r=0.79, P<0.001) were found to be highly correlated with moral intelligence. In MBI, only personal accomplishment showed a significant positive correlation coefficient with burnout (r=0.41, P=0.026). Conclusion: In this study, improvements in moral intelligence score decreased the burnout score. Therefore, improving moral intelligence, as an acquired ability, in emergency medical personnel can reduce the levels of burnout experienced.http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-18178-en.htmlmoral intelligenceoccupational burnoutpre-hospital emergency centerpandemiccovid-19 |
| spellingShingle | Hassan Talebi Ghadicolaei Zoya Hadinejad Abolfazl Hosseinnataj Seyed Leila Hosseini Tahereh Yaghoubi Relationship Between Moral Intelligence and Occupational Burnout in Mazandaran Pre-Hospital Emergency Staff During COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences moral intelligence occupational burnout pre-hospital emergency center pandemic covid-19 |
| title | Relationship Between Moral Intelligence and Occupational Burnout in Mazandaran Pre-Hospital Emergency Staff During COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Relationship Between Moral Intelligence and Occupational Burnout in Mazandaran Pre-Hospital Emergency Staff During COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Relationship Between Moral Intelligence and Occupational Burnout in Mazandaran Pre-Hospital Emergency Staff During COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship Between Moral Intelligence and Occupational Burnout in Mazandaran Pre-Hospital Emergency Staff During COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Relationship Between Moral Intelligence and Occupational Burnout in Mazandaran Pre-Hospital Emergency Staff During COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | relationship between moral intelligence and occupational burnout in mazandaran pre hospital emergency staff during covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | moral intelligence occupational burnout pre-hospital emergency center pandemic covid-19 |
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