Occupational Burnout and Related Factors in Rehabilitation Therapists

VernacularTitle:康复治疗师职业倦怠及其影响因素
Author: Hongyu WANG ; Min WANG ; Jianxing YUE
Keywords: rehabilitation therapist; occupational burnout; job stress
From: Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2016;22(12):1471-1475
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the occupational burnout status of rehabilitation therapists in medical institutions and analyze relat-ed factors. Methods From December, 2015 to February, 2016, a total of 264 rehabilitation therapists, selected with random cluster sampling method, were investigated with Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) in Bengbu, China. Results The detection rate of ther-apist burnout was 81.1%, and the average score was (3.13±1.07). There were significant differences in the score of occupational burnout and its three dimensions (P<0.05), except emotional exhaustion dimension among different ages (P>0.05). Multiple regression analysis showed that the gender, age, marital status, educational background, professional title, shift work, job demand, job autonomy, social support, de-mand-autonomy ratio and income levels were the factors related with occupational burnout. Conclusion Rehabilitation therapists generally feel occupational burnout. It is different with demographic characteristics and working conditions.