AUTHOR=Jamebozorgi Majid Heidari , Karamoozian Ali , Bardsiri Tayebe Ilaghinezhad , Sheikhbardsiri Hojjat 

TITLE=Nurses Burnout, Resilience, and Its Association With Socio-Demographic Factors During COVID-19 Pandemic

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=12

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.803506

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2021.803506

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Background</title><p>In the recent pandemic, nurses have faced workload and being exposed to burnout. Resilience helps address work-related psychological problems such as stressful events and burnout. According to the roles of nurses in the healthcare system, we investigated the relationship between resiliency and burnout in nurses.</p></sec><sec><title>Material and Methods</title><p>In this descriptive analytical cross-sectional study, 364 nurses participated from April to June 2021. Census sampling was used to recruit participants. Maslach burnout inventory (MBI), Connor-Davidson Resiliency Scale (CDRISC), and a demographic check-list were utilized to collect data. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 22. Shapiro-Wilk, Kruskal–Wallis test, Mann–Whitney <italic>U</italic>-test, correlation analysis, and generalized linear model were applied accordingly.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Overall, the findings showed that nurses had severe symptoms of burnout and a moderate level of resilience. The two domains of burnout, emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment had a significantly negative correlation with resilience (<italic>r</italic> = −0.442, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001 and <italic>r</italic> = −0.351, <italic>p</italic> = 0.03, respectively). Linear regression showed that demographic characteristics (Hospital type, ward type, gender, and overtime) were the major predictors of the 3 sub-categories of burnout. A significant negative correlation was observed between burnout and resilience highlighting the role of resilience in reducing burnout (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.05).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>In order to help nurses to tackle and endure burnout in pandemic times, there is a need to implement national and local policies to help them accordingly.</p></sec>