Table 1 Patients’ characteristics
From: Status and related factors of burnout among palliative nurses in China: a cross-sectional study
Variables | N/M | %/SD |
|---|---|---|
Age | 30.88 | 7.22 |
Length of working service | 5.88 | 5.9 |
Gender | ||
 Male | 5 | 1.57% |
 Female | 314 | 98.43% |
Educational level | ||
 Junior college | 148 | 46.39% |
 Undergraduate and above | 171 | 53.61% |
Marital status | ||
 Unmarried | 119 | 37.30% |
 Married | 200 | 62.70% |
Religion | ||
 Yes | 17 | 5.33 |
 No | 302 | 94.67% |
Health condition | ||
 Very bad | 4 | 1.25% |
 Bad | 10 | 3.13% |
 General | 139 | 43.57% |
 Good | 124 | 38.87% |
 Very good | 42 | 13.17% |
Chronic disease | ||
 Yes | 33 | 10.34% |
 No | 286 | 89.66% |
Professional title | ||
 Junior | 236 | 73.98% |
 Intermediate and above | 83 | 26.02% |
Monthly income | ||
  < 3,000 yuan (US, $500) | 49 | 15.36% |
 3,000–5,000 yuan (US, $500–$830) | 137 | 42.95% |
 5,000–7,000 yuan (US, $830–$1,160) | 92 | 28.84% |
 7,000–9,000 yuan (US, $1,160–$1,500) | 35 | 10.97% |
  ≥ 9,000 yuan (US, $1,500) | 6 | 1.88% |
Income satisfaction | ||
 Very bad | 9 | 2.82% |
 Bad | 53 | 16.61% |
 General | 157 | 49.22% |
 Good | 86 | 26.96% |
 Very good | 14 | 4.39% |
Participate in end-of-life care training | ||
 Yes | 258 | 80.88% |
 No | 61 | 19.12% |
Burnout (total) | 23.4 | 7.68 |
 Emotional exhaustion | 8.66 | 3.04 |
 Depersonalization | 7.46 | 2.58 |
 Reduced personal accomplishment | 7.29 | 2.83 |
Pessimistic personality | 30.89 | 3.85 |
Social support | 61.26 | 11.73 |
Self-efficacy | 23.36 | 5.30 |
Resilience | 57.12 | 14.60 |
Coping style | ||
 Positive dimension | 2.00 | 0.59 |
 Negative dimension | 1.32 | 0.65 |