OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (20): 2747-2751.

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Mediating role of spiritual health in surgical nurses between occupational stress and occupational burnout

XU Wuying, WANG Dan, YU Hong   

  1. Department of Pancreatic Surgery,First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University,Urumqi,Xinjiang 830000,China
  • Received:2024-03-14 Revised:2024-03-25 Online:2024-10-15 Published:2026-03-17
  • Contact: YU Hong,Deputy chief nurse,E-mail:lixiaopeng1229@163.com

Abstract: Objective To explore the mediating role of spiritual health in surgical nurses between occupational stress and occupational burnout,provide intervention strategies for reducing job burnout in nurses. Methods A sample of 182 surgical nurses from five grade-A tertiary hospitals in Urumqi City was randomly selected from March to May 2023 by the convenient sampling method.The survey was conducted using the general situation scale,the spiritual health scale,the occupational stress scale and the occupational burnout scale,and the data were analyzed. Results The spiritual health score of surgical nurses was (87.28±11.86) points,occupational stress score was (75.42±12.38)points,and occupational burnout score was (58.74±11.82)points. There were statistically significant differences in spiritual health scores among surgical nurses of different age,educational background,professional title,working years,and marital status(all P<0.05). There were statistically significant differences in occupational stress scores among surgical nurses of different professional title,working years,monthly night shift frequency,and marital status(all P<0.05). There were statistically significant differences in occupational burnout scores among surgical nurses of different age,professional title,working years,and monthly night shift frequency(all P<0.05). The spiritual health of surgical nurses was negatively correlated with occupational burnout and occupational stress(r=-0.625,-0.584,both P<0.01). The occupational stress was positively correlated with occupational burnout(r=0.667,P<0.01).The spiritual health of surgical nurses played a partial mediating role between occupational stress and burnout with the mesomeric effect of 0.302,accounting for 46.60% of the total effect. Conclusion Spiritual health partially mediates the relationship between occupational stree and occupational burnout. Improving the level of spiritual health is beneficial for reducing the level of occupational burnout in surgical nurses,and enhancing physical and mental health and nursing quality.

Key words: Surgical nurse, Spiritual health, Occupational stress, Occupational burnout, Mediating role

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