Burnout mediates the association between depression and patient safety perceptions: a cross‐sectional study in hospital nurses

• DOI: 10.1111/jan.13251
• Publication Date: 2017-01-10T15:13:44Z
• Authors: Judith Johnson; Gemma Louch; Alice Dunning; Olivia Johnson; Angela Grange; Caroline Reynolds; Louise Hall; Jane O'Hara
• Keywords: Cross-sectional study; Depression; Association (psychology)

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between depressive symptoms, burnout and perceptions patient safety. A mediation model proposed whereby association symptoms depression safety mediated by burnout.There is growing interest in healthcare staff care. Depressive are higher than general population overlap conceptually with burnout. However, minimal research has investigated these variables nurses. Given conceptual burnout, there also a need for an explanatory outlining relative contributions factors safety.A cross-sectional questionnaire distributed at three acute NHS Trusts.Three-hundred twenty-three hospital nursing completed measures (including level individual work area/unit) December 2015 - February 2016.When tested separate analyses, facets were each associated both measures. Furthermore, supported, associations fully burnout.These results suggest that nurses may have implications interventions improve be best targeted improving particular, known most effective when focused organisational level.