Factors Influencing Burnout of Professional Nurses in the Operating Room at Center Hospitals in the Northeast

Authors

  • Duangporn Wiangsimma Registered Nurse, Operating Room Khon Kaen Hospital
  • Somprathana Dapha Nursing Instructors, Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kaen University

Keywords:

Burnout, Professional Nurses, Operating Room, Center Hospitals, the Northeast

Abstract

               This predictive research aimed to study the burnout level of professional nurses in the operating room at center hospitals in the Northeast and to study the influence of personal factors consisting of age, gender, education, marital status, and operating room experience, and working environment factors, namely workload, job responsibilities, role conflict, social support, organization relationships, compensation and welfare, which influence the burnout of professional nurses in the operating room at center hospitals in the Northeast. The sample group was 236 professional nurses in the operating room at center hospitals in the Northeast. The research instruments included a personal data questionnaire, a work environment factor questionnaire and a burnout measurement questionnaire. The questionnaires of work environment factors and the Maslach Burnout inventory were approved for content validity by 5 experts. The content validity index was 0.87 and 0.89, respectively. The reliability test revealed that Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficients were 0.90 and 0.92, respectively. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression analysis.

              The findings were as follows:

              1) The burnout levels of professional nurses in the operating room at center hospitals in the Northeast consisted of emotional exhaustion was at a medium level had a total score of 26.40 (equation = 2.93, S.D. = 1.50), depersonalization was at a medium level had a total score of 10.81 (equation = 2.70, S.D. = 1.58), and reduced personal accomplishment was at a medium level had total score of 14.03 (equation = 2.80, S.D. = 1.57). Accordingly, the burnout of professional nurses in the operating room at center hospitals in the Northeast in overall was at a medium level had a total score of 51.24 (equation = 2.81, S.D. = 1.23)

            2) The factors influencing the burnout of professional nurses in the operating room at center hospital in the Northeast were factors of work environment consisting of social support, job responsibilities, and workload that could explain professional nurses’burnout accounted for 27.2% variation (R2 = 0.272, p ≤ 0.05).

Author Biographies

Duangporn Wiangsimma , Registered Nurse, Operating Room Khon Kaen Hospital

Registered Nurse, Operating Room Khon Kaen Hospital

Somprathana Dapha , Nursing Instructors, Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kaen University

Nursing Instructors, Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kaen University

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2025-04-30

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Wiangsimma D, Dapha S. Factors Influencing Burnout of Professional Nurses in the Operating Room at Center Hospitals in the Northeast. Med J Sakon Nakhon Hosp [internet]. 2025 Apr. 30 [cited 2026 Jan. 12];28(1):50-61. available from: https://he05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JSakonNakHosp/article/view/4339

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