The Effectiveness of Group Interpersonal Therapy on Burnout Among Long-Term Care Workers

IF 1.6 4区医学 Q4 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

International Journal of Older People Nursing Pub Date : 2024-08-16 DOI:10.1111/opn.12639

Meltem Oral, Nurgül Karakurt

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Abstract

Objective

Burnout syndrome can have a negative impact on people who work in occupations that require close interaction with others, contributing to a decline in their psychological well-being. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of Group Interpersonal Therapy (IPT-G) in reducing burnout among care workers for older adults in a Turkish long-term care facility.

Methods

The study employed a pretest–post-test randomised experimental design. Fifty care workers scoring 27 or above on emotional exhaustion and 10 or above on depersonalisation subscales of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were randomly assigned to the intervention or control group for 8 weeks. The study utilised the World Health Organization (WHO) Group Interpersonal Therapy for Depression manual as a guide. The post-test was conducted immediately after the last session of the intervention.

Results

In comparing pre- and post-test scores of the intervention group, a statistically significant difference was found in overall burnout scores (pretest M = 74.10, post-test M = 63.08, p < 0.001; d = 1.12). Additionally, emotional exhaustion scores (pretest M = 30.99, post-test M = 24.89, p < 0.001; d = 1.11) and depersonalisation scores (pretest M = 12.76, post-test M = 8.53, p < 0.001; d = 1.69) exhibited significant differences. However, no significant difference was observed in personal accomplishment scores (p > 0.05). The control group had no significant differences concerning the overall burnout scores and all three subscales (p > 0.05).

Conclusion

The IPT-G used in this study effectively decreased burnout among care workers in a long-term care facility in Türkiye. In addition, the participants reported high satisfaction with the IPT-G program.

Implications for Practice

Our results support the usefulness of the IPT-G program for care workers in long-term care facilities considering adding it to their occupational health management. This research aimed to determine whether IPT-G successfully decreased care worker burnout. Future research focusing on various types of healthcare workers in long-term care facilities and examining factors such as burnout, job satisfaction and self-efficacy could provide more information on the effects of IPT-G.

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小组人际关系疗法对长期护理人员职业倦怠的影响。

目的职业倦怠综合征会对从事需要与他人密切互动职业的人产生负面影响，导致其心理健康水平下降。本研究旨在考察小组人际关系疗法（IPT-G）对减少土耳其一家长期护理机构中老年护理人员职业倦怠的效果：研究采用了前测-后测随机实验设计。50 名护理人员在马斯拉赫职业倦怠量表（Maslach Burnout Inventory，MBI）的情绪衰竭分量表上得分达到或超过 27 分，在人格解体分量表上得分达到或超过 10 分，被随机分配到干预组或对照组，为期 8 周。研究以世界卫生组织（WHO）的《抑郁症小组人际关系疗法手册》为指导。最后一次干预结束后立即进行了后测：比较干预组的前测和后测得分，发现总体倦怠得分有显著的统计学差异（前测 M = 74.10，后测 M = 63.08，P 0.05）。对照组在总体倦怠得分和所有三个分量表上均无明显差异（P > 0.05）：本研究中使用的 IPT-G 有效降低了土耳其一家长期护理机构中护理人员的职业倦怠。此外，参与者对 IPT-G 项目的满意度也很高：我们的研究结果表明，IPT-G 项目对长期护理机构的护理人员非常有用，他们正在考虑将该项目纳入其职业健康管理中。这项研究旨在确定 IPT-G 是否能成功降低护理人员的职业倦怠。未来的研究将重点关注长期护理机构中不同类型的医护人员，并对职业倦怠、工作满意度和自我效能等因素进行检查，从而为IPT-G的效果提供更多信息。

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International Journal of Older People Nursing Nursing-Gerontology

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期刊介绍： International Journal of Older People Nursing welcomes scholarly papers on all aspects of older people nursing including research, practice, education, management, and policy. We publish manuscripts that further scholarly inquiry and improve practice through innovation and creativity in all aspects of gerontological nursing. We encourage submission of integrative and systematic reviews; original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research; secondary analyses of existing data; historical works; theoretical and conceptual analyses; evidence based practice projects and other practice improvement reports; and policy analyses. All submissions must reflect consideration of IJOPN''s international readership and include explicit perspective on gerontological nursing. We particularly welcome submissions from regions of the world underrepresented in the gerontological nursing literature and from settings and situations not typically addressed in that literature. Editorial perspectives are published in each issue. Editorial perspectives are submitted by invitation only.