• Nursing & health sciences · Dec 2009

    Role conflict, role ambiguity, and burnout in nurses and physicians at a university hospital in Turkey.

    • Tulin Tunc and Rana Ozen Kutanis.
    • Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Management and Business Administration, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey. tunc.tulin@gmail.com
    • Nurs Health Sci. 2009 Dec 1; 11 (4): 410-6.

    AbstractIn many countries currently, health-care professionals experience burnout in their professional life. This study explored the relationship between burnout, and role conflict and role ambiguity in nurses and physicians at a university hospital in Turkey. The data were collected by questionnaires that included sociodemographic variables, Maslach's Burnout Inventory (MBI), and Rizzo's Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity Scales. Two hundred and fifty one health-care professionals (170 physicians and 81 nurses) responded to the survey. There was a strong positive correlation between the MBI and Rizzo's Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity Scales. The nurses showed significantly higher levels of role conflict, role ambiguity, and burnout compared to the physicians. A multiple regression analysis showed that role conflict and role ambiguity might help to explain the higher level of burnout experienced by the nurses compared to the physicians. Future research is needed to develop preventive measures for the burnout of health-care professionals.

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