OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (17): 2305-2309.

• Treatise——Occupational Health and Occupational Diseases •     Next Articles

Influence of work-non-work boundary infiltration and psychological detachment on job burnout of nurses in operating room

YE Huilin, TANG Weirong, LI Yuerong(), QING Xiaoqing   

  1. The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqing 400016, China
  • Received:2025-06-09 Revised:2025-08-13 Online:2026-09-01 Published:2026-08-14
  • Contact: LI Yuerong E-mail: liyuerong12@sohu.com

Abstract:

Objective To explore the effects of work-non-work boundary penetration and psychological detachment on job burnout of operating room nurses,and to provide a reference for reducing job burnout of operating room nurses. Methods A convenience sampling method was used to survey 185 operating room nurses from 5 grade-A tertiary general hospitals in Chongqing from March to April 2025 using the work-non-work boundary penetration questionnaire,psychological detachment questionnaire,and job burnout questionnaire,and the correlation between the three was analyzed. Results The scores of work-non-work boundary penetration,psychological detachment and job burnout of operating room nurses were (7.38±2.24),(13.28±3.19) and (61.32±13.48)points,respectively. The results of univariate analysis showed that age,clinical nursing work hours,professional title,average monthly total income and average monthly shifts were the influencing factors of job burnout of operating room nurses(all P<0.05). Job burnout of operating room nurses was positively correlated with work-non-work boundary penetration(r=0.576,P<0.01),and negatively correlated with psychological detachment(r=-0.498,P<0.01). Work-non-work boundary penetration was negatively correlated with psychological detachment(r=-0.624,P<0.01). Work-non-work boundary penetration of operating room nurses could indirectly affect job burnout through the mediating effect of psychological detachment,with an effect value of 0.283,accounting for 47.80% of the total effect. Conclusion The work-non-work boundary penetration and occupational burnout of operating room nurses are at a high level,and psychological detachment plays a partial mediating role in the work-non-work boundary penetration. Reducing the level of work-non-work boundary penetration and increasing the level of psychological detachment are conducive to reducing the level of occupational burnout of operating room nurses.

Key words: Operating room nurses, Work-non-work boundary permeability, Psychological disengagement, Job burnout, Influencing factors

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