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Description/Overview: Purpose: In Japan, the importance of terminal care is increasing as the demand for it is expands. Not only patients but also hospitals and health professionals are aware of its necessity. Nurses also have a marked interest in this issue. There appears to be a number of factors that link it to the burnout phenomenon. In addition to the strong connection with stress, there are a number of other important factors that are linked to burnout. Some of these include the personal ability to cope with stress and occupation-related stress. Methods: Questionnaires were used to investigate the situation of 90 nurses who agreed to help with the research. Variables & Scales used: Eight items related to basic characteristics (gender, years of experience, cumulative number of patient deaths, religious beliefs, satisfaction with the job, etc.); the Burnout Measure developed by Pines, et al.; and the 13-item shortened version of Antonovskis SOC evaluation scale (Japanese version) were used. This study investigated burnout and the stress-coping ability of the nurses. Results: The healthy symptomatic and burnout groups comprised 12.2%, 28.9% and 58.9% of the nurses, respectively. The item satisfaction with the job was agreed with by 54.4%nurses. On the other hand, the item something stressful with the job was agreed to by 97.8% of the nurses. 66% of the burnout group was not satisfied with their jobs. Furthermore, half of the burnout group experienced some stress in human relationships. As for the mean SOC score, the burnout symptomatic and healthy groups were 48.0}6.0, 57.9}7.0 and 60.3}6.8 of the nurses, respectively. There were significant differences among the groups. As mentioned above, the healthy group had high SOC scores and burnout group had low SOC scores. Conclusion: The burnout group was not satisfied with their jobs. Thy also had low SOC score. These findings suggest the need for the enhancement of stress-coping strategies since they can serve as preventive measures against burnout.
Learner Objective #1: The leaner will be able to know about the burnout experience of Japanese nurses.
Learner Objective #2: The leaner will be able to know about the associations between sense of coherence and occupation-related stress in Japanese nurses.
Presenters
Chiharu Akazawa, PhD, RN1, Mihoko Harada, RN1 and Yuko Hayashi, RN, PhD2, (1)Human Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, (2)School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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