Citation

Huang H, Zhang H, Xie Y, Wang SB, Cui H, Li L, Shao H, Geng Q. Neurol. Psychiatry Brain Res. 2020; 35: 16-21.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Springer International)

DOI

10.1016/j.npbr.2019.12.002

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Burnout and low quality of work life were linked to poor professional conduct, increased risk of medical errors and suicide for intensive care nurses. This study was to examine whether the Balint group training intervention could relieve burnout and improve the quality of work life for ICU nurses.

METHODS: We conducted a randomized controlled trial at five ICUs in Guangdong province, China. Totally 152 nurses were randomly assigned to the Balint group with 8 weekly 1.5 -h training sessions and the control group with no interventions. The outcomes were assessed at pre-, mid- and post-training intervention with the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and Quality of Nursing Work Life Scale (QNWLS) questionnaires.

RESULTS: At pre-training intervention, the scores of QNWLS and MBI for both groups ranged in 131.63-133.43 and 69.96-70.07, respectively, suggesting the high burnout and low quality of work life for ICU nurses. At mid-intervention, no significant differences were observed. At post-training intervention, the scores of QNWLS for the intervention group (141.93 ± 13.61) was significantly higher than the control group (132.39 ± 10.66), which was mainly contributed by the improvement in the work life-home life and work world dimensions. For MBI, the burnout for intervention group (58.33 ± 7.38) was significantly lower than the control group (70.50 ± 7.01) at post-training intervention, which was contributed by the improvement in the depersonalization and emotional exhaustion dimensions. Limitation: the 'healthy worker effect' cannot be excluded.

CONCLUSION: Balint group training was an effective way to relieve burnout and improve the quality of work life for ICU nurses. © 2019

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; female; male; quality of life; Burnout; China; medical education; randomized controlled trial; nurse; major clinical study; controlled study; questionnaire; priority journal; intensive care unit; emotional stress; depersonalization; Article; outcome assessment; quality of working life; intention to treat analysis; doctor patient relationship; professional burnout; Balint group; Quality of work life; work-life balance