The Effect of Group Logo therapy on Burnout of Nurses in Special Wards

Nurses are one of the most important components of health care system who’s physical and psychological problems directly affect the quality of health servicescares provided to patients. Logic therapy can be a new way to bring meaning and meaning into work life. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of group logo therapy on burnout in intensive care unit nurses.

This study is a quasi-experimental study with two groups which conducted on 40 nurses working in CCU - ICU-PICU-NICU wards of Amiralmomenin Ali hospital in Zabol city in 2018 which had higher level of burnout. The data collection tool was a two-part questionnaire, the first part related to demographic questionnaire and the second part Maslach burnout questionnaire. Before intervention, both groups completed the questionnaires and then for the experimental group 5 sessions of one hour of Logic Therapy 2 sessions per week were performed. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 22 using t-test and chi-square tests.

The results showed that the mean scores of burnout severity in the experimental and control groups before the intervention were 69.55 and 77.10, respectively. After the intervention, the mean burnout severity decreased to 52.5 after intervention. There was no significant difference in the mean of the control group after the intervention. There was also a significant difference in the three domains of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and occupational involvement in the post-test (p <0.05). Demographic variables have no effect on job burnout (p> 0.05).

The results of this study showed that logo therapy can significantly reduce the severity and burnout of nurses in intensive care units. It seems that this type of psychotherapy can be used to reduce burnout in sensitive and anxious jobs.