Abstract: Objective To understand the occupational burnout status of nurses in the rehabilitation department and analyze the impact of electronic communication and psychological disengagement on occupational burnout during non-working hours. Methods From September to October 2023,a convenience sampling method was used to select 172 nurses from rehabilitation departments in 6 grade-A tertiary hospitals in Xi'an as research subjects,the non-working time electronic communication scale,psychological disengagement scale and occupational burnout scale were used for the survey,and data were analyzed. Results The non-working time electronic communication score of rehabilitation department nurses was （47.62±8.85）points,the psychological disengagement score was （8.52±2.43）points,and the occupational burnout score was （62.53±12.47）points. The occupational burnout of rehabilitation department nurses was positively correlated with non-working time electronic communication（r=0.593,P<0.01）,and negatively correlated with psychological detachment（r=-0.584,P<0.01）. The non-working time electronic communication was negatively correlated with psychological detachment（r=-0.652,P<0.01）. Non-working time electronic communication and psychological detachment could jointly explain 36.4% of the variation in occupational burnout among rehabilitation department nurses. Conclusion The occupational burnout of rehabilitation department nurses is at a moderate level,non-working time electronic communication and psychological detachment have a significant impact on occupational burnout. Reducing non-working time electronic communication and psychological detachment can help reduce their occupational burnout level.

Key words: Rehabilitation department, Nurses, Non-working time electronic communication, Psychological detachment, Occupational burnout