Anxiolytic and Antidepressant Use and Burnout: Optimism as a Mediator in Spanish Nurses

Journal of Clinical Medicine

María del Mar Molero Jurado¹  José Jesús Gázquez Linares¹  África Martos Martínez¹  Ana Belén Barragán Martín¹  María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes¹  María del Mar Simón Márquez¹ 

[1] Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain;

关键词: burnout;    drug use;    anxiolytics;    antidepressants;    optimism;    nursing;   

DOI  :  10.3390/jcm10245741

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between burnout, the use of drugs (anxiolytics and antidepressants) and optimism in nurses. At the end of 2018, a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out with a sample of actively employed nurses recruited by snowball sampling. The sample consisted of 1432 nurses in Andalusia (Spain), aged 22–58, who were working at the time of data collection, 83.2% of whom were women. Data were collected anonymously in an ad hoc questionnaire about sociodemographic information and use of anxiolytics and/or antidepressives: the Brief Burnout Questionnaire—Revised for Nurses (CBB-R) and the Life Orientation Test—Revised (LOT-R). Descriptive, mediation and moderation analyses were performed, with significant results having a p-value less than 0.05. The results on burnout showed significant relationships with use of the drugs. In particular, personal impact, job dissatisfaction and motivational abandonment were positively related to use of certain of the anxiolytics and antidepressants presented, while the correlation with the social climate was negative. Furthermore, optimism correlated negatively with drug use. Knowing that optimism can alleviate the repercussions of the use of drugs opens up new lines of research and the possibility of developing programs aimed at promoting a positive disposition in the face of complicated events.

【 授权许可】

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