TY - JOUR ID - 47441 TI - Level of Job Burnout among Midwives Working in Labour Rooms in Barcelona Region: A Cross-Sectional Study JO - International Journal of Community Based Nursing & Midwifery JA - IJCBNM LA - en SN - 2322-2476 AU - Rodriguez Coll, Pablo AU - Cabedo Ferreiro, Rosa AU - Palau Costafreda, Roser AU - Canto Codina, Laia AU - Garcia Perdomo, Sergio AU - Obregon Gutierrez, Noemi AU - Escuriet Peiro, Ramon AD - Ghenders Research Group, School of Health Sciences Blanquerna, University Ramon Llull, Padilla 326, 08205 Barcelona, Spain; Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 9 IS - 3 SP - 215 EP - 224 KW - Burnout KW - Delivery room KW - hospital KW - Midwifery KW - Survey DO - 10.30476/ijcbnm.2021.88038.1504 N2 - Background: Nowadays, burnout syndrome (BS) symptoms appear to have increased in healthcare workers, specifically midwives, but there are no studies on burnout among midwives in Catalonia. The present study aimed to assess and describe the prevalence of BS in midwives working in labour rooms. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 122 midwives working in 24 maternity hospitals in the Barcelona (region) which were selected using purposive sampling from January to March 2017. Data were collected using two questionnaires (demographic information, job burnout using Spanish Burnout Inventory with 20 items and four subscales). Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 21 and Chi-Square, U Mann-Whitney, and Kruskall-Wallis. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: None of the participants obtained a critical level of BS. 37 (30.33%) participants scored medium burnout and 47 (38.52%) recorded low burnout. Statistically, work stress (P=0.01), marital status (P=0.006), attendance of more than three women per shift (P=0.001), the number of children (P=0.01), parity (P=0.005), health status (P=0.04), and being on sick leave over last year (P=0.04) were significantly correlated with medium-high levels of burnout. Burnout scores were higher in midwives having a life partner and those without children.  Conclusion: Following the results, no participant obtained a critical level of BS; about one-third of them scored medium-high burnout. However, specific interventions are suggested to be conducted to maintain the midwives’ motivation and prevent burnout development.   UR - https://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/article_47441.html L1 - https://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/article_47441_7e6c0b4a185ee282b74c370d351b9603.pdf ER -