Abstract:
Burnout was first introduced into the literature by Freudenberger in the early
1970s. The Burnout Syndrome has been defined as a response to the chronic work stress
typically found in professionals working in care service organizations.
Objective: To assess burnout syndrome and factors associated with the burnout syndrome
among nurses in MTUTH, G/Tsadik Shao and Tepi Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia, 2017/18
Methodology: An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted in Mizan-Tepi
University teaching hospital, Gebretsadik Shawo General Hospital and Tepi primary
hospital from February 1st, 2018 to April 1st, 2018. Total number of nurses who were available
during data collection period were taken as a whole. Data was collected using the predesigned
tools like Maslach’s Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey, Oslo social support scale,
Athens insomnia scale and self-reporting questionnaire version 20. Data were entered using
Epi Data version 3.1 and transferred to statistical package for social science version 21 for
analysis. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was employed and odds ratio with
95% confidence interval was used to assess degree of association between variables. P value
of less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
Result: Around 23% of respondents were fullfilling criteria for burnout syndrome. Factors
like perfectionism [AOR= 0.32, 95% CI (0.14, 0.73)], good interaction with co-workers
[AOR= 0.34, 95% CI (0.16, 0.72)], and intending to leave working institution [AOR=2.18,
(1.02, 4.65)], were significantly associated with burnout syndrome.
Conclusion and recommendation: This study shows that from one-quarter of them fulfilling
criteria for burnout syndrome and factors like; age, perfectionism, and intending to leave
work were significantly associated with burnout syndrome. And those selected health
institutions should control the interaction between each staff member and give appropriate
direction and should create stable working environment
