The impact of self-reported burnout and work-related quality of life on nurses' intention to leave the profession during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study
The challenges of maintaining an effective and sustainable healthcare workforce include the recruitment and retention of skilled nurses. COVID-19 exacerbated these challenges, but they persist beyond the pandemic. We explored the impact of work-related quality of life and burnout on reported intenti...
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| author | Susan McGrory John Mallett Justin MacLochlainn Jill Manthorpe Jermaine Ravalier Heike Schroder Denise Currie Patricia Nicholl Rachel Naylor Paula McFadden |
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| description | The challenges of maintaining an effective and sustainable healthcare workforce include the recruitment and retention of skilled nurses. COVID-19 exacerbated these challenges, but they persist beyond the pandemic. We explored the impact of work-related quality of life and burnout on reported intentions to leave a variety of healthcare professions including nursing. We collected data at five time-points from November 2020 to February 2023 via an online survey. The validated measures used included the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory and Work-Related Quality of Life (WRQoL) scale; with subscales for Job-Career Satisfaction, General Wellbeing, Control at work, Stress at work, Working conditions, and Home-work interface. Our findings showed that 47.6% of nursing respondents (n = 1780) had considered changing their profession throughout the study period, with the 30–39-year age group most likely to express intentions to leave. Regression analysis reveale that for WRQoL, lower general wellbeing and job-career satisfaction scores predicted intentions to leave when controlling for demographic variables (p < 0.001). When burnout was added to the regression model, both work-related and client-related burnout were predictive of intentions to leave (p < 0.001). These findings highlighted that significant numbers of nurses considered leaving their profession during and shortly after the pandemic and the need for interventions to improve nurses' wellbeing and reduce burnout to improve their retention. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-63b894fff5864fa79b777cb67ae915072025-01-24T01:32:41ZengAIMS PressAIMS Public Health2327-89942024-11-011141082110410.3934/publichealth.2024056The impact of self-reported burnout and work-related quality of life on nurses' intention to leave the profession during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional studySusan McGrory0John Mallett1Justin MacLochlainn2Jill Manthorpe3Jermaine Ravalier4Heike Schroder5Denise Currie6Patricia Nicholl7Rachel Naylor8Paula McFadden9School of Nursing and Paramedic Science, Magee Campus, Ulster University, Derry, BT48 7JL, UKSchool of Psychology, Coleraine Campus, Ulster University, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UKSchool of Applied Social Policy Sciences, Ulster University, Derry BT48 7JL, UKNIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce, King's College London, Strand, London WC2B 6LE, UKSchool of Health and Social Care Professions, Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe, HP11 2JZ, UKQueen's Business School, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5EE, UKQueen's Business School, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5EE, UKSchool of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1HL, UKSchool of Applied Social Policy Sciences, Ulster University, Derry BT48 7JL, UKSchool of Applied Social Policy Sciences, Ulster University, Derry BT48 7JL, UKThe challenges of maintaining an effective and sustainable healthcare workforce include the recruitment and retention of skilled nurses. COVID-19 exacerbated these challenges, but they persist beyond the pandemic. We explored the impact of work-related quality of life and burnout on reported intentions to leave a variety of healthcare professions including nursing. We collected data at five time-points from November 2020 to February 2023 via an online survey. The validated measures used included the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory and Work-Related Quality of Life (WRQoL) scale; with subscales for Job-Career Satisfaction, General Wellbeing, Control at work, Stress at work, Working conditions, and Home-work interface. Our findings showed that 47.6% of nursing respondents (n = 1780) had considered changing their profession throughout the study period, with the 30–39-year age group most likely to express intentions to leave. Regression analysis reveale that for WRQoL, lower general wellbeing and job-career satisfaction scores predicted intentions to leave when controlling for demographic variables (p < 0.001). When burnout was added to the regression model, both work-related and client-related burnout were predictive of intentions to leave (p < 0.001). These findings highlighted that significant numbers of nurses considered leaving their profession during and shortly after the pandemic and the need for interventions to improve nurses' wellbeing and reduce burnout to improve their retention.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/publichealth.2024056nursingburnoutquality of working liferetentioncovid-19uk |
| spellingShingle | Susan McGrory John Mallett Justin MacLochlainn Jill Manthorpe Jermaine Ravalier Heike Schroder Denise Currie Patricia Nicholl Rachel Naylor Paula McFadden The impact of self-reported burnout and work-related quality of life on nurses' intention to leave the profession during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study AIMS Public Health nursing burnout quality of working life retention covid-19 uk |
| title | The impact of self-reported burnout and work-related quality of life on nurses' intention to leave the profession during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full | The impact of self-reported burnout and work-related quality of life on nurses' intention to leave the profession during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | The impact of self-reported burnout and work-related quality of life on nurses' intention to leave the profession during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of self-reported burnout and work-related quality of life on nurses' intention to leave the profession during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study |
| title_short | The impact of self-reported burnout and work-related quality of life on nurses' intention to leave the profession during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | impact of self reported burnout and work related quality of life on nurses intention to leave the profession during the covid 19 pandemic a cross sectional study |
| topic | nursing burnout quality of working life retention covid-19 uk |
| url | https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/publichealth.2024056 |
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