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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-93ebbb6250ed4c4bb0e534c78178714e2025-08-20T02:17:47ZengSciendoArhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju1848-63122024-12-0175427828210.2478/aiht-2024-75-3883Do immediate supervisors underestimate burnout in subordinates? A comparison between burnout self-assessment by nurses and assessment by immediate supervisorsSeršić Darja Maslić0Režić Slađana11University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Zagreb, Croatia2University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Department for Quality Assurance and Improvement in Healthcare, Zagreb, CroatiaThe 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.https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2024-75-3883bat-23cohen’s kappahealthcare workerssupervisor’s assessmentbat-23cohenov ksindrom izgaranja na posluzdravstveni radnici |
| spellingShingle | Seršić Darja Maslić Režić Slađana Do immediate supervisors underestimate burnout in subordinates? A comparison between burnout self-assessment by nurses and assessment by immediate supervisors Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju bat-23 cohen’s kappa healthcare workers supervisor’s assessment bat-23 cohenov k sindrom izgaranja na poslu zdravstveni radnici |
| title | Do immediate supervisors underestimate burnout in subordinates? A comparison between burnout self-assessment by nurses and assessment by immediate supervisors |
| title_full | Do immediate supervisors underestimate burnout in subordinates? A comparison between burnout self-assessment by nurses and assessment by immediate supervisors |
| title_fullStr | Do immediate supervisors underestimate burnout in subordinates? A comparison between burnout self-assessment by nurses and assessment by immediate supervisors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do immediate supervisors underestimate burnout in subordinates? A comparison between burnout self-assessment by nurses and assessment by immediate supervisors |
| title_short | Do immediate supervisors underestimate burnout in subordinates? A comparison between burnout self-assessment by nurses and assessment by immediate supervisors |
| title_sort | do immediate supervisors underestimate burnout in subordinates a comparison between burnout self assessment by nurses and assessment by immediate supervisors |
| topic | bat-23 cohen’s kappa healthcare workers supervisor’s assessment bat-23 cohenov k sindrom izgaranja na poslu zdravstveni radnici |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2024-75-3883 |
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