CONTEXT Prior research has found that safety organizing behaviors of registered nurses (RNs) positively impact patient safety. However, little research exists on how engaging in safety organizing affects caregivers. OBJECTIVES While we know that organizational processes can have divergent effects on organizational and employee outcomes, little research exists on the effects of pursuing highly...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to determine the level and factors contributing to burnout among doctors in Sana'a City, Yemen and to determine the relationship between burnout and psychological morbidity. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of 563 working doctors in the four main hospitals in Sana'a City, Yemen. The 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12) was used as a m...

OBJECTIVE Previous research has suggested that organisational change can contribute to stress-related outcomes for workers. Burnout, one such stress-related outcome, has been conceptualised as a multidimensional construct consisting of emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and reduced personal accomplishment. Many health care organisations have undergone substantial organisational change over...

background burnout is a syndrome, include with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal competence. it has negative impact on the physical, psychological and vocational aspects of the nurses life. the study was carried out to determine burnout and its associated factors in operating room nurses from qom teaching hospitals. material and methods a descriptive –analytical study...

BACKGROUND Hospital staff experience high level of work stress and they have to find strategies to adapt and react to it. When they perceive emotional exhaustion and job dissatisfaction in response to constant work stress, one reaction might be emotional withdrawal. This emotional distancing can be seen as an adaptive strategy to keep 'functionality' in the job. Both, perception of emotional ex...

BACKGROUND Emergency physicians are at risk of burnout, which can affect their mental health, as well as patient care. We assessed burnout level among Iranian emergency physicians and investigated demographic, work-related factors and stressors associated with higher burnout. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, we surveyed all 188 emergency medicine residents and practitioners in Iran. We mea...