RESEARCH ARTICLE


Spiritual Well-being and Burnout among Saudi Nurses in Intensive Care Units



Dalyal Nader Al-Osaimi1, *, Afaf Khulaeef Al-Onazi2, Noora Mohammed Saad Al-Khammash3, Nadyah Farhan Al-Shakarah4, Maryam Khalaf Al-Rashidi2, Hind Mobark Al-Shamry3
1 Department of Nursing, Medical Surgical Nursing College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Nursing, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3 Department of Nursing, Khamis Mushait General Hospital, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia
4 Department of Nursing, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia


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Abstract

Background:

Increased nurse shortages impose compounded challenges on intensive care unit staff in delivering high-quality care by causing possible burnout and an intention to leave the unit. Fostering spiritual health among intensive care nurses might serve as a prophylaxis for high burnout levels.

Aim:

This study explores the relationship between burnout levels and spiritual well-being among Saudi intensive care unit nurses.

Methods:

This study adopted a quantitative cross-sectional research design and enrolled 226 intensive care unit nurses using purposive sampling via electronic invitations.

Results:

Saudi intensive care unit nurses had a good spiritual well-being score (80.29 ± 5.25) and an above-average Maslach burnout scale score (3.72 ± 1.00). Burnout and spiritual well-being were negatively and significantly correlated (P = 0.00).

Conclusion:

Increased burnout among ICU nurses may be avoided by improved spiritual health, which may also be used as a prophylactic intervention to reduce burnout rates.

Keywords: Intensive care, Nurses, Burnout, Spiritual wellbeing, Spiritual health, Illness.