STRESS & BURNOUT AMONG NURSES IN UNIVERSITY OF UYO TEACHING HOSPITAL: PERVASIVENESS AND RELATED CAUSES

Abstract

Background/aim: Burnout syndrome is one of the serious effects of long-term exposure to workplace demands thus the study aim at investigating stress & Burnout among nurses in University of Uyo Teaching Hospital: Pervasiveness and related causes.

Methods: Respondents were randomly selected. The sample size was mathematically gotten from Cochrane Formular. Data were collected through the use of a questionnaire; the instrument undergoes both face and content validity. The Collated responses were analyzed using frequencies & percentages, Chi-Square analysis at a 0.05 level of significance was used to test the relationship between variables. 

Result: 39.0% of study participants experienced a high level of stress, 29.0% of participants experienced a moderate level while 32.0% experienced low level of stress, a large proportion of the participant 50.0% experienced a high level of burnout, 20.0% participants experienced a moderate level while 30.0% experienced low level of burnout. Furthermore, findings revealed that stress is statistically significant to burnout towards the efficiency of work in General Hospital.

Conclusion: Despite this interest and relevance, the effects of stress and burnout on patient results to patient safety, and quality care are not well defined by evidence.