JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 32 ISSUE 1.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Job Burnout and Its Related Factors Among Surgical Technologists

JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 32 ISSUE 1.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Job Burnout and Its Related Factors Among Surgical Technologists

Job burnout, Operating room, Surgical technologist

Introduction: Job burnout is a long-term response to job-related emotional and interpersonal
stressors. These stressors are associated with individual, interpersonal, and organizational factors.
Objective: This study aimed to determine the degree of burnout and its related factors
among surgical technologists.
Materials and Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in hospitals
affiliated with the Iran University of Medical Sciences. A total of 125 surgical technologists
were recruited by stratified sampling method. The study data were collected using a
demographic questionnaire and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and then analyzed by
the independent t-test, 1-way analysis of variance, and multiple linear regression with a
simultaneous model.
Results: More than half of the participants (52%) were in the age group of fewer than 30
years. The Mean±SD scores of job burnout in terms of intensity and frequency were 47.
88±17.5 and 47. 95±17.42, respectively. The mean job burnout scores of the majority of
surgical technologists in dimensions of emotional exhaustion (intensity), depersonalization
(intensity and frequency), and reduced personal accomplishment (intensity and frequency)
were at a low level, but it was at a moderate level in the dimension of emotional exhaustion
(frequency) among more than half of them. Through a multiple regression, the identified
predictors of job burnout (frequency) were education level (β=9.377, 95%CI; 1.618-17.136,
P<0.05) and work experience (β=-21.091, 95%CI; -38.201- -3.980, P<0.05). Meanwhile,
education level (β=8.320, 95%CI; 0.568- 16.073, P<0.05), work experience (β=-30.976, 95%CI;
-54.715 - -7.236, P<0.05), and hours of night shifts per month (β=-10.660, 95%CI; -18.205-
-3.115, P=0.01) predicted job burnout (intensity).
Conclusion: The job burnout of more than half of surgical technologists in the dimension of
emotional exhaustion (frequency) was at a moderate level. Novice workers and operating
room BScs suffered more from job burnout than those with an Associate degree and
experienced workers. In this regard, healthcare and planner providers must pay attention to
operating room BScs, especially novice workers.

Sara Mohammadi , Sedigheh Hanani , Fardin Amiri , Nimamali Azadi , Nasrin Kamali

January 2022, Volume 32, Number 1

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