Background: Studies suggest a high prevalence of burnout among nurses. The aim of this study was to evaluate\nthe relationship between burnout among nurses and absenteeism and work performance.\nMethods: A national sample of U.S. nurses was sent an anonymous, cross-sectional survey in 2016. The survey\nincluded items about demographics, fatigue, and validated instruments to measure burnout, absenteeism, and poor\nwork performance in the last month.\nResults: Of the 3098 nurses who received the survey, 812 (26.2%) responded. The mean age was 52.3 years (SD\n12.5), nearly all were women (94.5%) and most were married (61.9%) and had a child (75.2%). Participating nurses\nhad a mean of 25.7 (SD 13.9) years of experience working as nurse and most held a baccalaureate (38.2%) or\nmasters of science (37.1%) degree in nursing. A quarter worked in the inpatient setting (25.5%) and the average\nhours worked per week was 41.3 (SD 14.1). Overall, 35.3% had symptoms of burnout, 30.7% had symptoms of\ndepression, 8.3% had been absent 1 or more days in the last month due to personal health, and 43.8% had poor\nwork performance in the last month. Nurses who had burnout were more likely to have been absent 1 or more\ndays in the last month (OR 1.85, 95% CI 1.25â??2.72) and have poor work performance (referent: high performer;\nmedium performer, OR 2.68,95% CI 1.82â??3.99; poor performer, OR 5.01, 95% CI 3.09â??8.14). After adjusting for age,\nsex, relationship and parental status, highest academic degree, practice setting, burnout, depression, and satisfaction\nwith work-life integration, nurses who were more fatigued (for each point worsening, OR 1.22, 95% CI 1.10â??1.37)\nwere more likely to have had absenteeism while those who worked more hours (for each additional hour OR 0.98,\n95% CI 0.96â??1.00) were less likely to have had absenteeism. Factors independently associated with poor work\nperformance included burnout (OR 2.15, 95% CI 1.43â??3.24) and fatigue (for each point of worsening, OR 1.22, 95%\nCI 1.12â??1.33).
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