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Mental workload as a predictor of burnout in intensive care nurses.
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- Subjective Workload and Cognitive Failure Among Emergency Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis of Job Content and Job Burnout.Nursing open · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Burnout and Associated Work-Related Factors Among Intensive Care Unit Nurses at Tertiary Healthcare Setting, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Understanding burnout and engagement during medical residency: a multifactorial and longitudinal approach.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Psychological distress and Africentric coping strategies among nurses in Ghana: prevalence, correlates and predictors.BMC nursing · 2026Article
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- Mental workload as a predictor of burnout in intensive care nurses.Nursing in critical care · 2025Article
- Mechanism, contributing factors, and coping strategies of alarm fatigue in intensive care nursing: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Cognitive Burden in Emergency Care: A Qualitative Exploratory Study of Emergency Nurses.Journal of nursing management · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundNurses face a high level of mental workload while performing their duties. High levels of mental workload can negatively impact nurses.
aimThe aim of this research was to determine the relationship between mental workload and burnout levels of intensive care nurses. STUDY
designDescriptive-correlational design has been adopted in this research. The sample consisted of 156 nurses working in the intensive care units of a hospital in the south of Turkey between September and December 2023. Research data were collected with the 'Participant Information Form', which includes socio-demographic characteristics, 'Mental Workload Scale' and 'Maslach Burnout Scale'.
resultsAlmost all (95.5%) of the nurses participating in the study reported that their mental workload was high. It has been determined that there is a strong positive relationship between mental workload and burnout. According to the regression model obtained from the research, being a woman (β = .165, p = .008) and emotional workload (β = -695, p < .001) are determinants of emotional exhaustion. These variables explain emotional exhaustion at a rate of 50.1% (adjusted R
conclusionsThis research revealed that there is a strong positive relationship between mental workload and burnout and that increasing mental workload can increase burnout. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Nurses' risk of emotional exhaustion increases as mental workload increases. Reducing cognitive workload, temporary workload and emotional workload increases the personal accomplishment experienced by nurses. In addition, as temporary workload, emotional workload and performance-related workload increase, the depersonalization experienced by nurses also increases.
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