Do immediate supervisors underestimate burnout in subordinates? A comparison between burnout self-assessment by nurses and assessment by immediate supervisors
The burnout syndrome has been in the focus of occupational health experts for several decades, and a new diagnostic tool – Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-23) – has given a strong impetus to its research. The tool is designed to self-assess four core dimensions of the burnout syndrome: chronic exhausti...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024-12-01
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| Series: | Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2024-75-3883 |
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| Summary: | The burnout syndrome has been in the focus of occupational health experts for several decades, and a new diagnostic tool – Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-23) – has given a strong impetus to its research. The tool is designed to self-assess four core dimensions of the burnout syndrome: chronic exhaustion, cognitive and emotional impairment at work, and mental distancing from work. However, little is known about how burnout is assessed from the perspective of a colleague. The aim of our study was to compare the answers to the BAT-23 questionnaire provided by nurses and their immediate supervisors to see if these coincide or differ. Data were collected on a sample of 48 pairs (N=96) of nurses from a clinical hospital in Croatia. Each pair consisted of the head nurse of a particular ward and a randomly selected subordinate nurse in the same ward. BAT-23 was applied in supervisor- and self-assessment versions. Both assessments showed high reliability coefficients (0.73–0.90 for supervisor rating and 0.72–0.86 for self-rating). Cohen’s kappa index of agreement between the two was low (0.059; 62.5 %). As expected, self-assessments indicated high incidence of burnout in nurses, whereas the assessment of their immediate supervisors showed a tendency to underestimate their burnout experience. |
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| ISSN: | 1848-6312 |