Nurse burnout and quality of care: Cross-national investigation in six countries

We explored the relationship between nurse burnout and ratings of quality of care in 53,846 nurses from six countries. In this secondary analysis, we used data from the International Hospital Outcomes Study; data were collected from 1998 to 2005. The Maslach Burnout Inventory and a single‐item refle...

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Published in:Research in nursing & health Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 288 - 298
Main Authors: Poghosyan, Lusine, Clarke, Sean P., Finlayson, Mary, Aiken, Linda H.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.08.2010
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Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Burnout
Burnout, Professional
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health Facility Environment
Health participants
Hospitals
Humans
International
Logistic Models
Male
Medical personnel
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Multivariate Analysis
nurse practice environments
Nurses
Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
quality care
Quality of care
Quality of Health Care
Ratings & rankings
Regression analysis
Human
Health staff
nurse practice environments
Care
quality care
Occupational burnout
Cross-national study
Professional practice
Quality
Environment
burnout
Public health
Nurse
ISSN:0160-6891, 1098-240X, 1098-240X
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Summary:We explored the relationship between nurse burnout and ratings of quality of care in 53,846 nurses from six countries. In this secondary analysis, we used data from the International Hospital Outcomes Study; data were collected from 1998 to 2005. The Maslach Burnout Inventory and a single‐item reflecting nurse‐rated quality of care were used in multiple logistic regression modeling to investigate the association between nurse burnout and nurse‐rated quality of care. Across countries, higher levels of burnout were associated with lower ratings of the quality of care independent of nurses' ratings of practice environments. These findings suggest that reducing nurse burnout may be an effective strategy for improving nurse‐rated quality of care in hospitals. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 33:288–298, 2010
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The original data collection for the International Hospital Outcomes Study (IHOS) was supported by the National Institute for Nursing Research (R01NR04513 and P30NR05043, Linda Aiken, principal investigator); the Commonwealth Fund; the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research; the British Columbia Health Research Foundation; the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany); the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, London; the Baxter Foundation; the Health Research Council of New Zealand; the International Research Grant by Pfizer Health Research Foundation; and the Japan Society of Promotion of Science. We thank Timothy Cheney for his assistance with the data analysis.
Assistant Professor of Nursing and Public Health.
Royal Bank of Canada Chair in Cardiovascular Nursing Research.
The Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor of Nursing; Professor of Sociology; Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research.
Associate Professor.
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ISSN:0160-6891
1098-240X
1098-240X
DOI:10.1002/nur.20383