Burnout among midwives-the factorial structure of the burnout assessment tool and an assessment of burnout levels in a Swedish national sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many workplaces, within the healthcare sector, experience high rates of mental health problems such as burnout, anxiety, and depression, due to poor psychosocial working conditions and midwives are not an exception. To develop preventive interventions, epidemiologic surveillance of burnout levels, and their relation to professional specific working conditions is needed. Aims of this study is to assess the construct validity of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) in the context of Swedish midwives, to evaluate whether the item responses can be combined into a single score and differential item functioning regarding age. Another aim was to assess the burnout levels of Swedish midwives.

Methods

Data come from a national cohort of Swedish midwives (n = 1664). The constr

SUBMITTER: Hadzibajramovic E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9482233 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature