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Measuring Death Attitude and Burnout of Greek Nursing Personnel

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Abstract

Occupational burnout is defined as a physical and mental exhaustion syndrome and is the result of chronic stress. Nurses are exposed to the physical and emotional effects of the experience of caring for a dying patient. Aim of this study was to investigate nurses’ burnout caring patients at their end of their life. Material and Method: The sample of the research constituted of 110 nursing professionals who are caring patients facing death. Data were obtained using Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R) and Maslach’s burnout inventory (MBI). Results: The factors that appeared to shape the nurses attitudes towards death were age, marital status, education level, position in the workplace, department at work and professional experience. Conclusions: Fear of death and death avoidance were found to correlate statistically significant with the subscale depersonalization and with emotional exhaustion.

DOI 10.11648/j.ajns.s.2015040201.23
Published in American Journal of Nursing Science (Volume 4, Issue 2-1, March 2015)

This article belongs to the Special Issue Mental Health Care: Aspects, Challenges and Perspectives

Page(s) 74-77
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Keywords

Death Attitude, Burnout, Nursing Personnel

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Author Information
  • Department of Nursing, Technological Institution of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

  • Department of Nursing, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece

  • 3rd Psychiatric Department, State Mental Hospital “Daphne”, Athens, Greece

  • Department of Nursing, Technological Educational Institute of Lamia, Lamia, Greece

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    Malliarou Maria, Zyga Sofia, Fradelos Evangelos, Sarafis Paulos. Measuring Death Attitude and Burnout of Greek Nursing Personnel. Am J Nurs Sci. 2015;4(2-1):74-77. doi: 10.11648/j.ajns.s.2015040201.23

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