Risk Factors of Job Burnout among Personnel of Sanpatong Hospital, Chiangmai Province

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to estimate prevalence of job burnout and to explore risk factors among personnel of Sanpatong Hospital. This was a cross-sectional study. The research instrument used in collecting data was self-report questionnaires. Ordinal logistic regression analysis was performed to analyze the influence of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment on job burnout. From 221 participants, the results showed the moderate and high levels of emotion exhaustion, the depersonalization, and the personal achievement were 59.28, 48.42 and 66.97 percent, respectively. The factors associated with increased level of emotion exhaustion were underlying disease, inadequacy of free time and higher income; the risk factor for increasing depersonalization was inadequacy of free time; and the risk factor assocated with personal achievement was low education. In conclusion, the risk factors of job burnout among personnel in Sanpatong Hospital were related to own underlying disease, inadequacy of free time, high income, and low education.