Social Psychiatry, Vol. 52 No. 3, 2024.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.24869/spsih.2024.212
Demographic Characteristics of Nurses and Professional Burnout: Burnout in Nursing Homes in Croatia and Sloveniav
Snježana Svitlić-Budisavljević
; Alma Mater Europaea – ECM, Maribor, Slovenia
Abstract
This study examined the syndrome of professional burnout among nurses/technicians and caregivers in nursing homes
in Croatia and Slovenia. A total of 436 respondents participated in the study (240 from Croatia and 196 from Slovenia).
The study included an analysis of demographic data such as age, marital status, education and length of service, as well as
the respondents’ attitude towards the professional burnout syndrome. A validated questionnaire, The Oldenburg Burnout
Inventory (OLBI), was used to assess the level of professional burnout. The results showed high levels of professional
burnout syndrome in both countries, with almost half of the respondents being in the high-intensity category. Additionally,
demographic variables did not have a clear significant impact on the professional burnout variable. Analyses did not
show significant differences between Croatia and Slovenia in terms of burnout syndrome intensity. The importance of the
professional burnout syndrome problem among healthcare workers in nursing homes was highlighted, as well as the need
for further research in order to better understand the factors contributing to this phenomenon, and the need to include a
larger sample of respondents within specific subcategories of the researched variables.
Keywords
Professional Burnout; Nurse Burnout; Demographic Variables and Burnout; Nursing Home
Hrčak ID:
322574
URI
Publication date:
17.9.2024.
Visits: 68 *