Levels of emotional exhaustion and its relationship with depression and posttraumatic stress disorder in ICU nurses: the moderating effect of mindfulness

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PENG Li¹  XU Yuanyuan¹  LU Fang²  YU Yongju³ 

[1] Department of Military Psychology, School of Medical Psychology, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038;Department of Nursing Management, School of Nursing, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038;Department of Social Work, School of Sociology, Sichuan International Studies University, Chongqing, 400031, China;

关键词: mindfulness;    emotional exhaustion;    depressive symptom;    posttraumatic stress disorder;    intensive care unit;    nurses;   

DOI  :  10.16016/j.1000-5404.201901097

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Objective To investigate the level of emotional exhaustion and its relationship with depression and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in intensive care unit (ICU) nurses and explore the moderating effects of mindfulness. Methods From March, 2016 to April 2017, we conducted a survey of the levels of emotional exhaustion, mindfulness, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among 500 Chinese ICU nurses in 11 provinces and cities using the Dimension of Emotional Exhaustion in Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Service Survey (MBI-HSS), Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-Chinese Version (FFMQ-CH), Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C). Results The mean score of emotional exhaustion was 20.82±9.79 among the ICU nurses participated in this survey. The level of emotional exhaustion differed significantly between male and female nurses (F=1.4, P < 0.05) and among those with different ICU working experiences (F=3.85, P < 0.05). Emotional exhaustion was negatively correlated with mindfulness (r=-0.80, P < 0.01) and positively correlated with depression (r=0.61, P < 0.01) and posttraumatic stress disorder (r=0.42, P < 0.01). Mindfulness moderated the relationship of emotional exhaustion with depression and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. Conclusion The level of emotional exhaustion is closely correlated with mindfulness, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in ICU nurses. An increased mindfulness level can help the nurses reduce depression and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms to promote their psychological wellbeing.

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