Relationship between Resilience, Burnout and Professional Quality of Life among Nurses Working at El-Abbassiya Psychiatric-Mental Health Hospital

Abstract

Resilience confirmed as a key variable influencing levels of burnout and thus, a potentially important variable to target in interventions aimed at improving nurses' professional quality of life. The present study conducted to assess the relationship between resilience, burnout and professional quality of life among nurses working at El-Abbassiya Psychiatric-Mental Health Hospital. The Study carried out at the in-patient departments of El-Abbassiya Governmental Hospital for Psychiatric-Mental Health in Cairo, affiliated to the General Secretariat of Mental Health and Ministry of Health of Egypt. A descriptive correlational design used. A purposive sample of 100 psychiatric nurses was selected. The tools used for data collection were; 1) Demographic questionnaire, 2) Connor-Davidson Resilience scale, 3) Maslach Burnout Inventory, and 4) Professional Quality Of Life scale (ProQOL). The main results showed that, there was a highly statistically significant correlation among resilience, burnout and professional quality of life. The study recommended; continuous evaluation of nurses' resilience, burnout and professional quality of life for regular programs to increase nurses' resilience and compassion satisfaction levels and reduce the experience of burnout and secondary traumatic stress need to be designed and implemented.