Abstract
Objectives: The extent to which agism and professional qualifications are associated with nurses' burnout in long-term care facilities for older adults has been barely examined. This study is aimed to examine the extent to which agism, professional education, and geriatric training explain work burnout. Method: The study included a convenience sample of 154 nurses working in 17 long-term care facilities in the Tel Aviv area in Israel. To examine agism, Kogan's Attitudes toward Old People Scale was used, and to probe burnout, the Maslach Burnout Inventory was used. Results: Overall burnout was significantly explained by agism, nurses' professional education, length of working as a nurse, and type of facility ownership. When examining each dimension of burnout, agism was a significant predictor of depersonalization and personal achievement. Conclusion: Agism plays a role in overall burnout. Therefore, training programs that can combat agism can reduce burnout of nurses in long-term care facilities.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 327-335 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Aging and Mental Health |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 4 Mar 2017 |
Keywords
- agism
- burnout
- disabled older adults
- long-term care
- nurses
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatric Mental Health
- Gerontology
- Geriatrics and Gerontology
- Psychiatry and Mental health