The occupational burnout and its relationship with depressive symptoms and resignation tendency in pri-mary medical staff
Objective To explore the occupational burnout of primary medical staff and its relationship with sleep distress,depressive symptoms and resignation tendency,and to provide reference opinions for the mental health services of primary medical staff.Methods An online survey of primary medical staff in Changsha was conducted including gen-eral demographic data questionnaire,insomnia severity index,physical health questionnaire,Maslach Burnout Inventory General Survey and turnover intention scale.Results 687(67.5%)had sleep distress,228(22.4%)had depressive symptoms,and 700(68.8%)had burnout.The results of the correlation analysis showed that,burnout was positively correlated with sleep distress,depressive symptoms,and turnover intention(r=0.477,0.659,0.576,P<0.001).Sleep distress was positively associated with depressive symptoms and turnover intention(r=0.621,0.326,P<0.001).Depressive symptoms were positively associated with turnover intention(r=0.439,P<0.001).Conclusion Primary medical staff have a high level of occupational burnout,and occupational burnout was correlated with depressive symptoms and turnover tendency,so the psychological status of staff should be emphasized.
Medical staffOccupational burnoutDepressive symptoms