Tayebeh Tayebani; Ayatollah Sohrabi; Raheleh Samouei
Volume 9, Issue 7 , December 2012, , Pages 1015-1023
Abstract
Introduction: Addiction treatment centers have been increased in the country. The therapist’s health isimportant for their contact with patients with an excessive damage caused this survey to study job burnoutof the therapists in the licensed addiction centers in Isfahan, Iran and its relevance ...
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Introduction: Addiction treatment centers have been increased in the country. The therapist’s health isimportant for their contact with patients with an excessive damage caused this survey to study job burnoutof the therapists in the licensed addiction centers in Isfahan, Iran and its relevance with individual andprofessional factors.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study done on 137 therapists in withdrawal addiction centers ofIsfahan, Iran in 2011 (34 physicians, 14 psychiatrists, 42 psychologists and 46 nurses). Data collectionwas done using Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) (α = 0.87). The subjects were selected through simplerandom sampling and the questionnaires were distributed among them. Frequency, percentage, standarddeviation, Student’s t-test, correlation coefficient and analysis of variance were used.Results: The results of this study suggested that the mean score of lob burnout in the survey samplecompared with the referent score was weak and the job burnout in the emotional exhaustion (13.79) anddepersonalization (4.44) dimensions was weak and in terms of decreasing personal efficiency (14.87)reported to be medium. A significant correlation was observed between the job burnout and variables ofjob background, consent of income, interest in job and attitude to the effectiveness of clinical work.Conclusion: Although weak, there was some burnout among the study subjects, so that the intensity in twodimensions of emotional exhaustion and personal efficiency reduction is worrying. Therefore, it is necessaryto distinguish the intensifier and reducer factors in individual, organizational and environmental dimensions.
