ACTA FAC MED NAISS 2020;37(4):396-404

Original article

UDC: 371.12:613.86(55)
DOI: 10.5937/afmnai2004396M

The Occupational Burnout among Therapeutic Employees
of Hospitals in Iran by the Kind of Ownership

Ghahraman Mahmoudi¹, Mohammad Ali Jahani², Masoomeh Abdi³, Sedigheh Solimanian²,
Hossein Ali Nikbakht², Soheil Ebrahimpour⁴

¹Hospital Administration Research Center, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, I.R Iran 
²Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute,
Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R.Iran
³Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, I R Iran
⁴Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute,
Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran

 SUMMARY

                   As a complex and multidimensional problem, the occupational burnout causes absence, dissatisfaction, badtemper, physical and emotional exhaustion and displacement. This study aimed to investigate the levels of occupational burnout and its components in Mazandaran's hospitals by the kind of their ownership. This descriptive-analytical study was conducted as a cross-sectional research in 2018. The research population included all 2,850 therapeutic employees working in two teaching hospitals, one therapeutic hospital, one social security hospital and one private hospital, all located in Mazandaran province, Iran. In total, 569 questionnaires were completed; the research instrument was the Persian-version of Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Data were analyzed in SPSS 22 by applying statistical approaches with p < 0.05. The private hospital had the highest mean rate of emotional exhaustion (44.69 ± 8.50). The social security hospital had the highest mean rate of depersonalization (25.47 ± 4.59). Considering the reduced personal accomplishment, as a component, the private hospital had the highest rate (30.24 ± 7.16). The highest and lowest mean rates of occupational burnout were observed with the private hospital (95.48 ± 16.71) and teaching hospitals (85.25 ± 15.34). The difference was significant between the studied hospitals in this regard (p < 0.001). As the private hospital had a higher rate of occupational burnout than therapeutic, teaching, and social security hospitals, the managers of the private hospital can focus on removing various tensions in the workplace and preventing heavy work length as well as compensating for a pay decrease.

Key words: occupational burnout, ownership, therapeutic employees, Mazandaran province, Iran