Intermediary role of psychological flexibility between job burnout and mental health of obstetrics and gynecology nurses
Objective To understand the psychological flexibility,job burnout and mental health of obstetrics and gynecology nurses,explore the intermediary role of psychological flexibility between job burnout and mental health.Methods A simple random sampling method was used to select 178 obstetrics and gynecology nurses from five general hospitals in Wuhan City from January to February 2023 as the subjects of investigation.The general situation scale,psychological flexibility scale,job burnout scale and symptom checklist 90(SCL-90)were used in survey,and the data were analyzed.Results The score of psychological flexibility of obstetrics and gynecology nurses was(32.28±5.19)points,the score of job burnout was(59.34±8.15)points,and the score of SCL-90 was(189.13±42.54)points.The differences in the scores of psychological flexibility among gynecological and obstetric nurses with different age,working years,professional title and monthly income were significantly different(all P＜0.05).There were statistically significant differences in the job burnout scores among gynecological and obstetric nurses with different age,working years,professional title,marital status,monthly income and the number of night shifts per month(all P＜0.05).There were statistically significant differences in the SCL-90 scores among gynecological and obstetric nurses with different working years,professional titles,monthly income and number of night shifts per month(all P＜0.05).The psychological flexibility was negatively correlated with job burnout and SCL-90(r=-0.584,-0.628,both P＜0.01),and job burnout was positively correlated with SCL-90(r=0.607,P＜0.01).The psychological flexibility of obstetrics and gynecology nurses played a partial intermediary role between job burnout and mental health,and the intermediary effect was-0.229,accounting for 41.49％of the total effect.Conclusion The psychological flexibility of gynecology and obstetrics nurses from five general hospitals in Wuhan City plays a partial intermediary role between job burnout and mental health,and nursing managers can improve nurses'mental health by improving the level of psychological flexibility.
Obstetrics and gynecology nursePsychological flexibilityJob burnoutMental healthMediation
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