The Relationship Between Job Burnout and Its Dimensions with Job Stress in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2018

Job burnout is a result of long-term job stress, which can reduce the quality of education and provision of services. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between job burnout and its dimensions with occupational stress in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2018. The present study was a descriptive-analytic one. The sample of study consisted of 137 staff in faculties of Management and Medical Information, Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Rehabilitation and Nursing and Midwifery in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences using convenience sampling method in 2018.The study tools were demographic s , Maslach and OSIPOW questionnaires. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 23 software by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as ANOVA, T-test and Pearson correlation coefficient. Emotional exhaustion calculated in low level (45.2%), depersonalization in high level (45.2%), personal accomplishment in high level (75.3%) and the most participants had normal stress (54.8%). Similarly, based on Pearson Correlation Coefficient, there was a positive significant relationship between job stress and job burnout and its dimensions, but there was no significant relationship between personal accomplishment and job stress. Study results revealed that the higher job stress among employees, the higher job burnout among employees. As a result, implementing the interventions to reduce occupational stress and strengthen some resources can be helpful to reduce the burnout of employees.