Development of a burnout resistance program for clinical nurses in mainland and remote islands

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K19529
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 58050:Fundamental of nursing-related
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: Nishimoto Daisaku 鹿児島大学, 医歯学域医学系, 助教 (80757675)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: バーンアウト / レジリエンス / 看護師 / 看護を語る会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted a cross-sectional study of 98 clinical nurses in mainland and remote islands of Kagoshima Prefecture to investigate resilience and related factors that may affect the onset of burnout. The study results showed that the incidence of burnout was 19.6% on the mainland and 36.1% on remote islands. The study conducted one-way analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis with burnout as the dependent variable and adjusted for related factors. The results showed that innate resilience and support from older peers in the workplace were negatively associated with burnout. The results of interventions will be reported again after publication of the current paper under review.

Free Research Field

看護管理

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

COVID-19禍に行われた本横断研究において、臨床看護師の資質的レジリエンス要因および職場の先輩のサポートはバーンアウトと負の関連があることが示された。本土と離島の臨床看護師におけるこれらの知見は新規性があり、学術的意義があると考えられる。社会的意義について、資質的レジリエンス要因を指標とした採用や人員配置および教育への活用は臨床看護師がバーンアウトに陥らないことに寄与できる可能性がある。