Reliability and validity of Burnout Questionnaire in occupational population / 中华劳动卫生职业病杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the reliability and validity of simple Burnout Questionnaire in occupational population.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A self-administered Burnout Questionnaire comprising 19 items was developed in light of Maslash Burnout Questionnaire and used for investigating 458 employees.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Cronbach's alpha between total items of Burnout Questionnaire and each factor fell in between 0.82 and 0.85 through the consistency test. All 19 items of Burnout Questionnaire were subjected to factor analysis, and three latent factors were identified, wherein 56.3% of total variance could be explained. According to the contents described in the items and Maslash burnout theory, they were emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. According to the covariance and the variance analysis, there was significant difference in the integral of the type of work among the three subitems (P < 0.01); there was significant difference in the integral of depersonalization between two sexes (P < 0.01); There were significant difference in the integral of the personal achievement among different level of education (P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The reliability and validity of Burnout Questionnaire is acceptable and can be used for assessing burnout in occupational population.</p>

Hierarchical regression analysis for relationship between job stress and job burnout in Shanghai employees / 中华劳动卫生职业病杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To identify related factors of job burnout in Shanghai employees.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Four hundred fifty-six employees in Shanghai were investigated in this study. Self-administered questionnaires were used to assess job burnout and job stress, based on Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Job Demand-Control model as well as Effort-Reward Imbalance Model. Hierarchical linear regression was employed to analyze the relationship of job burnout to personal characteristics and job stress.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The indexes of three dimensions of job burnout were emotional exhaustion 19.70 +/- 8.92, depersonalization 11.95 +/- 4.45 and reduced personal accomplishment 28.10 +/- 10.08. Job stress was found to be affected differently in three dimensions of job burnout. Job demand, effort and over-commitment had positive impact on emotional exhaustion. Job control had a negative association with emotional exhaustion. There were significant relationship between depersonalization and age, sex and education of employees. Job control, reward and over-commitment affected the index of depersonalization. Education level and social support increased personal accomplishment index.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>It is necessary to reduce job stress and care about personal characteristics in preventing job burnout.</p>