An Analytic descriptive study was carried out to assess the relationships between burnout and social support. 155 Nurses working in critical care unit were surveyed by using measures of Job Stress, burnout, anxiety and perceived Social Support (include social support sources & efficiency , and social support behaviors).On the Maslach Burnout Inventory, respondents Scrod in a moderate range of burnout for emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment. The results showed also low to moderate range of job stress and low to mild range of state - trait anxiety in more than 70% of participants. Scores on introducing social support sources (headnurse, fellow staff, spouse and family) and their efficiency, showed fellow staff received the highest support ratings from their coworkers and family received the lowest ratings. On the perceived social support behaviors, they scored in a well range of support functions for all mentioned sources. Results also showed low correlation between job stress and depersonalization, moderately correlation among state and trait anxiety with burnout subscales; and low correlation between each of family and spouse support sources with emotional exhaustion....
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Original Research Article |
Received: 2008/12/1 | Accepted: 2000/12/15 | Published: 2000/12/15