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Burnout and associated occupational stresses among Chinese nurses: A cross-sectional study in three hospitals

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  • Yasira Kabakleh
  • Jing-ping Zhang
  • Mengmeng Lv
  • Juan Li
  • Silan Yang
  • Joel Swai
  • Hui-Yuan Li

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Background: There is literature scarcity relating to burnout and other work stresses in relation to Chinese nursing-workforce performance. Objectives: To assess the relationship between self-esteem versus burnout; and effort-reward ratio versus favorability to the work environment, among Chinese nurses. Methods: We employed four validated questionnaires in the assessment burnout, self-esteem, effort-reward ratio, and favorability of nursing workplace; Maslach-Burnout Inventory (MBI), Rosenberg’s self-esteem (RS), Effort-Reward imbalance (ERI) and Work-Environment Scale questionnaires (WES). Linear and ordinal regression models were utilized to assess the relationships between the variables. Analyses were conducted by using SPSS at a 95% level of significance. Results: We assessed 487 (Mean age: 38.8±7.1 years) nurses from three hospitals. Higher self-esteem was associated with a lower level of emotional exhaustion (Unstandardized coefficient: -0.579, p-Value

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  • Yasira Kabakleh & Jing-ping Zhang & Mengmeng Lv & Juan Li & Silan Yang & Joel Swai & Hui-Yuan Li, 2020. "Burnout and associated occupational stresses among Chinese nurses: A cross-sectional study in three hospitals," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(9), pages 1-13, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0238699
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238699
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