Burnout and job satisfaction of nursing staff in a South African acute mental health setting
Background: Psychiatric nurses constitute a fundamental part of the mental health care system in South Africa. However, high levels of burnout and job dissatisfaction among nursing staff have been associated with reduced empathy and quality of care, and poor service delivery. Stikland Psychiatric Ho...
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| description | Background: Psychiatric nurses constitute a fundamental part of the mental health care system in South Africa. However, high levels of burnout and job dissatisfaction among nursing staff have been associated with reduced empathy and quality of care, and poor service delivery. Stikland Psychiatric Hospital is a state psychiatric hospital situated in Belville and provides all levels of psychiatric care to a large part of the Cape metro region. To our knowledge, no previous studies have examined burnout and job satisfaction among nurses in this setting.
Aim: We assessed the relationship between burnout and job satisfaction among the nursing staff.
Setting: The study was conducted at Stikland Psychiatric Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Methods: This cross-sectional study used the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory and an established job satisfaction questionnaire to assess burnout and job satisfaction among 127 staff members associated with psychiatric nursing.
Results: In this population comprising mostly female (83.5%) nurses, scores for personal, work-related and client-related burnout were relatively high, but job satisfaction was also high. Higher levels of burnout were significantly associated (Pearson’s linear correlation, r = -0.077, p 0.01) with lower levels of job satisfaction. There were no significant associations between burnout or job satisfaction and gender, rank or years of experience.
Conclusions: If mental health service delivery is to be optimised, supportive or preventative processes should be implemented to reduce the prevalence of burnout in psychiatric nurses. This study adds to the scarce local knowledge and provides information that can be used to inform the development of supportive strategies for psychiatric nursing staff in South Africa. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c0fee061c5044c598795517afddbe7c2022-12-22T00:27:31ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Psychiatry1608-96852078-67862020-07-01260e1e610.4102/sajpsychiatry.v26i0.1454495Burnout and job satisfaction of nursing staff in a South African acute mental health settingAnthea Payne0Liezl Koen1Daniel J.H. Niehaus2Inge-Marli Smit3Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape TownDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape TownDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape TownDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape TownBackground: Psychiatric nurses constitute a fundamental part of the mental health care system in South Africa. However, high levels of burnout and job dissatisfaction among nursing staff have been associated with reduced empathy and quality of care, and poor service delivery. Stikland Psychiatric Hospital is a state psychiatric hospital situated in Belville and provides all levels of psychiatric care to a large part of the Cape metro region. To our knowledge, no previous studies have examined burnout and job satisfaction among nurses in this setting. Aim: We assessed the relationship between burnout and job satisfaction among the nursing staff. Setting: The study was conducted at Stikland Psychiatric Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. Methods: This cross-sectional study used the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory and an established job satisfaction questionnaire to assess burnout and job satisfaction among 127 staff members associated with psychiatric nursing. Results: In this population comprising mostly female (83.5%) nurses, scores for personal, work-related and client-related burnout were relatively high, but job satisfaction was also high. Higher levels of burnout were significantly associated (Pearson’s linear correlation, r = -0.077, p 0.01) with lower levels of job satisfaction. There were no significant associations between burnout or job satisfaction and gender, rank or years of experience. Conclusions: If mental health service delivery is to be optimised, supportive or preventative processes should be implemented to reduce the prevalence of burnout in psychiatric nurses. This study adds to the scarce local knowledge and provides information that can be used to inform the development of supportive strategies for psychiatric nursing staff in South Africa.https://sajp.org.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/1454psychiatric nursesburnoutjob satisfactionmental healthcaresouth africa |
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| title | Burnout and job satisfaction of nursing staff in a South African acute mental health setting |
| title_full | Burnout and job satisfaction of nursing staff in a South African acute mental health setting |
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