• Mercedes Rizo-Baeza, Susana Virginia Mendiola-Infante, Armina Sepehri, Antonio Palazón-Bru, Vicente Francisco Gil-Guillén, and Ernesto Cortés-Castell.
• Department of Nursing, University of Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain.
• J Nurs Manag. 2018 Jan 1; 26 (1): 19-25.

AimsTo analyse the association between psychological, labour and demographic factors and burnout in palliative care nursing.BackgroundThere is a lack of published research evaluating burnout in palliative care nursing.MethodsThis observational cross-sectional study involved 185 palliative care nurses in Mexico. The primary variables were burnout defined by its three dimensions (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment). As secondary variables, psychological, labour and demographic factors were considered. A binary logistic regression model was constructed to determine factors associated with burnout.ResultsA total of 69 nurses experienced high emotional exhaustion (37.3%), 65 had high depersonalization (35.1%) and 70 had low personal performance (37.8%). A higher proportion of burnout was found in the participants who were single parents, working >8 hr per day, with a medium/high workload, a lack of a high professional quality of life and a self-care deficit.ConclusionOur multivariate models were very accurate in explaining burnout in palliative care nurses. These models must be externally validated to predict burnout and prevent future complications of the syndrome accurately.Implications For Nursing ManagementNurses who present the factors found should be the focus of interventions to reduce work stress.© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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