Research Article

Burnout among Nurses in a Nigerian General Hospital: Prevalence and Associated Factors

Table 3

Sociodemographic characteristics and burnout.

VariableNEE %sigD%sigRPA%sig

𝑛 = 1 0 6 𝑁 = 7 9 𝑁 = 1 0 8
Age ≤38.35179.8<0.01611.8<0.01713.7<0.01
Age >38.32199945.27132.410146.1
Male972727.8<0.011919.6<0.012626.8<0.01
Female1737964.26034.78247.4
Married or with partners1893719.6<0.013920.6<0.013317.5<0.01
Unmarried816985.14049.37592.6
No children1074643.00.34047.30.023633.60.08
≥1 Children1636036.83923.97244.2
Traveling time to work (mins) ≤35.92017637.80.46230.80.37838.80.5
Traveling time to work (mins) >35.9693043.51724.63043.5
Status: CNO/ACNO/PNO2057034.1<0.014521.9<0.017034.1<0.01
Status: SNO/NO/Staff Nurse653655.43452.33858.4
Nurse/nurse role conflict (yes)803645.00.22430.00.73645.00.3
Nurse/nurse role conflict (no)1907036.85327.97237.9
Nurse/doctor role conflict (yes)1206352.5<0.014537.5<0.017562.5<0.01
Nurse/doctor role conflict (no)1504328.73422.73322.0
Availability of physicians to work with (yes)34720.6<0.02411.80.02720.60.01
Availability of physicians to work with (no)2369941.97531.810142.8
Lack or inadequate nursing personnel (yes)932223.7<0.011718.3<0.012021.5<0.01
Lack or inadequate nursing personnel (no)1778447.56235.08849.7
Poor Wages (yes)24910341.4<0.027730.90.0410341.40.01
Poor Wages (no)21314.329.557.0
Too frequent night duties (yes)1879048.1<0.017037.4<0.019249.1<0.01
Too frequent night duties (no)831619.2910.81619.2
Inadequate security during night duty (yes)26010440.00.2*7629.20.9*10640.80.2
Inadequate security during night duty (no)10220.0330.0220.0

*Fisher’s Exact.
EE: Emotional exhaustion; D: depersonalization; R: reduced Personal accomplishment.