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. 2017 Sep 1;35(3):214-220.
doi: 10.1177/0898010116652974. Epub 2016 May 30.

An Investigation of the Relationship Between Nurses' Views on Spirituality and Spiritual Care and Their Level of Burnout

Senay Karadag Arli  1 , Ayse Berivan Bakan  2 , Ela Erisik  2
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An Investigation of the Relationship Between Nurses' Views on Spirituality and Spiritual Care and Their Level of Burnout

Senay Karadag Arli et al. J Holist Nurs. .

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the relationship between nurses' views on spirituality and spiritual care and their level of burnout.

Method: This cross-sectional study used a convenience sample that comprised 118 nurses from one state hospital in eastern Turkey. The data were collected through questionnaires that were filled by the nurses individually, using a sociodemographic characteristics form, the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory.

Results: A statistically significant relationship was found between subscale scores of Maslach Burnout Inventory and total score of Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale. With the increase in nurses' spiritual care mean scores, there was an increase in the mean scores of the Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Personal Accomplishment subscales.

Conclusions: Nurses' burnout levels increased with the increase in their spirituality and spiritual care mean scores. This situation can be associated with the fact that providing spiritual care increases nurses' workload. Therefore, similar studies are recommended to be conducted with wider groups of participants.

Keywords: burnout; nurses; spirituality.

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