ANALYTICAL SURVEY ON RELATION BETWEEN WORKLOAD WITH OCCUPATIONAL BURNOUT DIMENSIONS IN ICU NURSES

Nurses working in intensive care units endure more workloads in comparison
with other nurses. This workload may lead these nurses to a job burnout. The study aims to investigate
and analyze the correlation between workload and job burnout dimensions among nurses working in
ICU.
Materials & Methods: This descriptive – analytical study was performed on all intensive care units
staffs of affiliated hospitals of Urmia University of Medical Sciences, with applying census method. A
total of 220 nurses were invited to participate. NASA-TLX workload questionnaire and Maslach’s
burnout inventory (MBI) were distributed among them. After gathering the questionnaires, the data were
analyzed by analytical- descriptive statistics.
Result: Of 220 ICU nurses about 82% with mean age of 35 years were participated in this study, 56.7%
of them had a high degree in the field of emotional exhaustion, 40.9% and 35.6% of them a high degree
in the lack of personal accomplishments and in depersonalization, respectively. There was a positive
and significant correlation between workload and emotional exhaustion (r=0.416), lack of personal
accomplishments (r=0.229), and depersonalization (r=0.192), 0.01(P<0.01).
Discussion: Workload will lead to increase the occupational burnout especially emotional exhaustion
in nurses. So it is necessary to apply human sources in ICU according to their workloads