Exploring the Relationship Between Perceived Visual Access to Nature and Nurse Burnout.
HERD
; 14(3): 258-273, 2021 07.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33678050
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study aims to investigate the relationship between perceived visual access to nature views in nurse work and break environments and scores for subscales of Maslach Burnout Inventory among nurses.BACKGROUND:
Burnout is a severe problem among nurses. Literature shows a relationship between stress and burnout and between nature exposure and stress. However, the possible consequent relationship between connection to nature and nurse burnout needs further study.METHODS:
This cross-sectional study explored the relationship between the subscales (Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Personal Accomplishment [EE, DP, and PA]) of the Maslach Burnout Inventory as "outcome variables" and perception of view duration, frequency of exposure to views, view content and artwork content as "explanatory variables" in a subset regression model. The study model also included organizational stressors, environmental design factors, unit type, workload, and personal factors as control variables. Fifty-one nurses working in six units in a large tertiary care hospital participated in the study.RESULTS:
Percentage of perceived nature views and organizational stressors were the top two best predictors correlating with EE (37% of the EE variance; p < .05). Percentage of perceived nature views, organizational stressors, and environmental design were the top three predictors correlating with DP (43% of variance for DP; p < .05). No significant relationship was found between study variables and PA.CONCLUSIONS:
The results of this study recommend perceiving nature views as an independent or integrated intervention to meditation and relaxation techniques. From a design standpoint, this study suggests that a unit and breakroom design with access to nature views could work as a consistent preventive intervention for burnout.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Burnout, Professional
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
HERD
Journal subject:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States