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Article: Underlying spirituality and mental health: the role of burnout

TitleUnderlying spirituality and mental health: the role of burnout
Authors
KeywordsBurnout
Healthcare
Mediation
Mental health
Spirituality
Issue Date2016
PublisherJapan Society for Occupational Health. The Journal's web site is located at http://joh.sanei.or.jp/e/
Citation
Journal of Occupational Health, 2016, v. 58 n. 1, p. 66-71 How to Cite?
AbstractObjective: This study investigated the effects of burnout on the relationship between spirituality and mental health among healthcare workers in Hong Kong. Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, 312 healthcare workers (mean age=38.6, SD=9.9; 77.7% females) in a mental rehabilitation institution completed a self-administered questionnaire on anxiety, depression, burnout, and daily spiritual experiences. Multivariate regressions were used to test the effects of burnout on the relationships between daily spiritual experiences and anxiety and depression. Results: After adjusting for age, education level, marital status, and staff ranking, higher levels of daily spiritual experience were associated with lower levels of burnout (β=−0.22, p<0.01), depression (β=−0.68, p<0.01), and anxiety (β=−0.05, p<0.01). Burnout was found to have a significant partial mediating effect on the relationship between daily spiritual experiences and depression (z=−2.99, p<0.01), accounting for 37.8% of the variation in depression. Burnout also completely mediated the relationship between daily spiritual experiences and anxiety (z=−3.06, p<0.01), accounting for 73.9% of the variation in anxiety. Conclusions: The results suggested that the association between spirituality and mental health is influenced by the level of burnout, thereby supporting the role of burnout as a potential mediator. Moreover, day-to-day spiritual practice was found to be potentially protective against burnout and mental health problems. Future interventions could incorporate spirituality training to reduce burnout so as to improve the well-being of healthcare workers.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/231263
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 2.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.768
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DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorHo, RTH-
dc.contributor.authorSing, CY-
dc.contributor.authorFong, TCT-
dc.contributor.authorAu-Yeung, FSW-
dc.contributor.authorLaw, KY-
dc.contributor.authorLee, LF-
dc.contributor.authorNg, SM-
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-20T05:21:53Z-
dc.date.available2016-09-20T05:21:53Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Occupational Health, 2016, v. 58 n. 1, p. 66-71-
dc.identifier.issn1341-9145-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/231263-
dc.description.abstractObjective: This study investigated the effects of burnout on the relationship between spirituality and mental health among healthcare workers in Hong Kong. Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, 312 healthcare workers (mean age=38.6, SD=9.9; 77.7% females) in a mental rehabilitation institution completed a self-administered questionnaire on anxiety, depression, burnout, and daily spiritual experiences. Multivariate regressions were used to test the effects of burnout on the relationships between daily spiritual experiences and anxiety and depression. Results: After adjusting for age, education level, marital status, and staff ranking, higher levels of daily spiritual experience were associated with lower levels of burnout (β=−0.22, p<0.01), depression (β=−0.68, p<0.01), and anxiety (β=−0.05, p<0.01). Burnout was found to have a significant partial mediating effect on the relationship between daily spiritual experiences and depression (z=−2.99, p<0.01), accounting for 37.8% of the variation in depression. Burnout also completely mediated the relationship between daily spiritual experiences and anxiety (z=−3.06, p<0.01), accounting for 73.9% of the variation in anxiety. Conclusions: The results suggested that the association between spirituality and mental health is influenced by the level of burnout, thereby supporting the role of burnout as a potential mediator. Moreover, day-to-day spiritual practice was found to be potentially protective against burnout and mental health problems. Future interventions could incorporate spirituality training to reduce burnout so as to improve the well-being of healthcare workers.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherJapan Society for Occupational Health. The Journal's web site is located at http://joh.sanei.or.jp/e/-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Occupational Health-
dc.subjectBurnout-
dc.subjectHealthcare-
dc.subjectMediation-
dc.subjectMental health-
dc.subjectSpirituality-
dc.titleUnderlying spirituality and mental health: the role of burnout-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailHo, RTH: tinho@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailSing, CY: singcy@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailFong, TCT: ttaatt@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailNg, SM: ngsiuman@hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.authorityNg, SM=rp00611-
dc.description.naturelink_to_OA_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1539/joh.15-0142-OA-
dc.identifier.pmid26549835-
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dc.identifier.hkuros263158-
dc.identifier.volume58-
dc.identifier.issue1-
dc.identifier.spage66-
dc.identifier.epage71-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000385911100008-
dc.publisher.placeJapan-
dc.identifier.issnl1341-9145-

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