This study explored relationships among structural empowerment, psychological empowerment, and burnout in registered staff nurses working in outpatient hemodialysis settings. The sample consisted of 233 registered staff nurses. The Emotional Exhaustion Subscale of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Conditions for Work Effectiveness II Questionnaire, and Psychological Empowerment Instrument were...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of professional burnout among microvascular free-flap (MVFF) head and neck surgeons and to identify modifiable risk factors with the intent to reduce MVFF surgeon burnout. DESIGN A cross-sectional, observational study. SETTING A questionnaire mailed to MVFF surgeons in the United States. PARTICIPANTS A total of 60 MVFF surgeons. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASU...

The Work Ability Index (WAI) is a well-accepted questionnaire designed to assess an individual’s work ability. However, most research with WAI has focused on occupational populations with physical demands at work. The purpose of this study is to explore the value of WAI as screening instrument among professionals in a Dutch university. Based on database data about absenteeism, questionnaire dat...

The mental health of doctors is an issue of growing concern all over the world as it frequently interplays with their professional trainings and responsibilities. This study was done to determine the pattern and correlates of burnout among 204 doctors undergoing residency training. Eligible participants were interviewed using designed questionnaire, General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and Mas...

objective: this research aims to investigate the correlation between ergonomics conditions and job burnout among librarians in the university of isfahan. methodology: the research method is descriptive correlation study. the research data was collected by maslash burnout inventory for determining job burnout among librarians and checklist of standards and principles of ergonomics for evaluation...

BACKGROUND Although Perceived Stress Scale (PSS, Cohen, Kamarack & Mermelstein, 1983) has been validated and widely used in many domains, there is still no validation in sports by comparing athletes and non-athletes and examining related psychometric indices. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the measurement invariance of PSS between athletes and non-athletes, and examine const...

The Work Ability Index (WAI) is a well-accepted questionnaire designed to assess an individual’s work ability. However, most research with WAI has focused on occupational populations with physical demands at work. The purpose of this study is to explore the value of WAI as screening instrument among professionals in a Dutch university. Based on database data about absenteeism, questionnaire dat...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify factors that contribute to the development of burnout among physiotherapists with different length of service in physiotherapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS The following research tools were used to study burnout: the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (LSQ), based on FLZ (Fragebogen zur Lebenszufriedenheit) by Frahrenberg, Myrtek, Schumacher, and Brähler...