Job burnout among critical care nurses in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia

Figure 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants (N = 220)_

Sociodemographic data	n	%
Gender
Male	120	54.5
Female	100	45.5
Marital status
Single	60	27.3
Married	160	72.7
Level of education
Diploma	49	22.3
Bachelor	129	58.6
Postgraduate Education	42	19.1
Age (years)
≤25	0	0.0
26–30	60	27.3
31–35	92	41.8
36–40	41	18.6
41–45	18	8.2
≥46	9	4.1
Experience (years)
0.5–2	17	7.7
2–5	34	15.5
5–10	56	25.5
10–15	67	30.5
15–20	32	14.5
≥20	14	6.4
Work position
Director of nursing	5	2.3
Head nurse/coordinator	47	21.4
Charge nurse	37	16.8
Nurse specialist	110	50.0
Assistant nurse	21	9.5

Discrepancy in the job burnout level based on the nurses’ years of experience_

Experience (years)	Mean difference (I–J)	Std. error	Sig.	95% confidence interval
				Lower bound	Upper bound
0.5–2
2–5	7.26471	3.74789	0.586	–5.3236	19.8530
5–10	3.99685	3.49389	0.934	–7.7383	15.7320
10–15	10.80948	3.42644	0.081	–0.6991	22.3181
15–20	8.13971	3.78673	0.466	–4.5790	20.8584
≥20	17.76471*	4.55363	0.011	2.4701	33.0593
2–5
0.5–2	–7.26471	3.74789	0.586	–19.853	5.3236
5–10	–3.26786	2.74318	0.922	–12.4815	5.9458
10–15	3.54478	2.65674	0.878	–5.3786	12.4681
15–20	0.87500	3.10759	1	–9.5626	11.3126
≥20	10.50000	4.00666	0.235	–2.9574	23.9574
5–10
0.5–2	–3.99685	3.49389	0.934	–15.732	7.7383
2–5	3.26786	2.74318	0.922	–5.9458	12.4815
10–15	6.81263	2.28448	0.118	–0.8604	14.4856
15–20	4.14286	2.79601	0.821	–5.2483	13.534
≥20	13.76786*	3.77013	0.023	1.1049	26.4308
10–15
0.5–2	–10.80948	3.42644	0.081	–22.3181	0.6991
2–5	–3.54478	2.65674	0.878	–12.4681	5.3786
5–10	–6.81263	2.28448	0.118	–14.4856	0.8604
15–20	–2.66978	2.71126	0.965	–11.7762	6.4367
≥20	6.95522	3.70772	0.621	–5.4981	19.4086
15–20
0.5–2	–8.13971	3.78673	0.466	–20.8584	4.5790
2–5	–0.87500	3.10759	1	–11.3126	9.5626
5–10	–4.14286	2.79601	0.821	–13.5340	5.2483
10–15	2.66978	2.71126	0.965	–6.4367	11.7762
≥20	9.62500	4.04302	0.344	–3.9545	23.2045
≥20
0.5–2	–17.76471*	4.55363	0.011	–33.0593	–2.4701
2–5	–10.50000	4.00666	0.235	–23.9574	2.9574
5–10	–13.76786*	3.77013	0.023	–26.4308	–1.1049
10–15	–6.95522	3.70772	0.621	–19.4086	5.4981
15–20	–9.62500	4.04302	0.344	–23.2045	3.9545

The independent predictors of nurses’ job burnout from the sociodemographic characteristics_

Regression model	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t	Sig.
	B	Std. error	Beta
(Constant)	48.797	7.049		6.922	0.000
Gender	–2.395	1.823	–0.091	–1.313	0.191
Marital status	0.886	2.366	0.030	0.375	0.708
Level of education	0.683	1.422	0.033	0.480	0.632
Age (years)	0.992	1.224	0.080	0.811	0.418
Experience	–3.172	1.075	–0.315	–2.950	0.004
Work position	–1.257	0.930	–0.096	–1.352	0.178

Description of the burnout items of the participant nurses (N = 220)_

Burnout scale	Not at all		Rarely		Sometimes		Often		Very often		Mean	SD
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
1. I feel run down and drained of physical or emotional energy.	30	13.6	39	17.7	77	35.0	53	24.1	21	9.5	2.98	1.16
2. I have negative thoughts about my job.	63	28.6	40	18.2	88	40.0	12	5.5	17	7.7	2.45	1.18
3. I am harder and less sympathetic with people than perhaps they deserve.	83	37.7	63	28.6	61	27.7	7	3.2	6	2.7	2.05	1.01
4. I am easily irritated by small problems, or by my coworkers and team.	69	31.4	60	27.3	69	31.4	6	2.7	16	7.3	2.27	1.15
5. I feel misunderstood or unappreciated by my coworkers	87	39.5	62	28.2	50	22.7	8	3.6	13	5.9	2.08	1.14
6. I feel that I have no one to talk to.	99	45.0	53	24.1	53	24.1	6	2.7	9	4.1	1.97	1.08
7. I feel that I am achieving less than I should.	91	41.4	55	25.0	53	24.1	10	4.5	11	5.0	2.07	1.13
8. I feel under an unpleasant level of pressure to succeed.	46	20.9	64	29.1	60	27.3	39	17.7	11	5.0	2.57	1.15
9. I feel that I am not getting what I want out of my job.	55	25.0	50	22.7	53	24.1	24	10.9	38	17.3	2.73	1.40
10. I feel that I am in the wrong organization or the wrong profession.	100	45.5	49	22.3	34	15.5	24	10.9	13	5.9	2.10	1.26
11. I am frustrated with parts of my job.	64	29.1	66	30.0	44	20.0	24	10.9	22	10.0	2.43	1.29
12. I feel that organizational politics or bureaucracy frustrate my ability to do a good job.	58	26.4	34	15.5	72	32.7	42	19.1	14	6.4	2.64	1.24
13. I feel that there is more work to do than I practically have the ability to do.	52	23.6	63	28.6	64	29.1	26	11.8	15	6.8	2.50	1.17
14. I feel that I do not have time to do many of the things that are important to do a good quality job.	46	20.9	59	26.8	67	30.5	28	12.7	20	9.1	2.62	1.21
15. I find that I do not have time to plan as much as I would like to.	45	20.5	71	32.3	56	25.5	29	13.2	19	8.6	2.57	1.20
Total Burnout Scale	988	30	828	25	901	27	338	10	245	7	36.02	13.16