Survey of The Rate of Occupational Burnout Between Nursing Staff of Sanandaj Hospitals Affiliated to Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2001

Nursing staff have important role in health and treatment in medical systems. This study was carried out among nursing staff of Sanandaj hospitals affiliated to Kurdistan university of medical sciences to investigate the rate of occupational burnout. with respect to the limitations of statistical population 277 employees (99 males & 178 females) filled out the Geldard Burnout Inventory (GBI) by census method and collected data was analyzed by SPSS. 10 software. The results of this study showed that in 0.7% of the subjects under study the amount of burnout was low, in 96.4% it was high and 2.9% it was the highest. The highest mean of occupational burnout was belong to the following staff. Those who affiliated to Ghods-hospital, staff with the age range between 30-35, those who had 5-9 years work record, male nursing staff, fixed night shift staff, CCU staff and those staff whose education was under diploma. It looks that occupational burnout is a common phenomena among helping staff and a number of variables including work place conditions, job satisfaction, occupational stress, job experince and overtime working may affect that.