Investigation of risk factors of psychological acceptance and burnout syndrome among nurses in C hina

The objectives of this study were to determine reliability of C hinese version of A cceptance and A ction Q uestionnaire‐II ( AAQ ‐II), the relationship between psychological acceptance (PA), and burnout syndrome and their risk factors among nurses in C hina. The reliability of AAQ ‐II in C hinese was evaluated first by testing on 111 doctors and 108 nurses in C hina. On the number of 845 nurses selected from nine city hospitals by using stratified cluster sampling method, the M aslach B urnout I nventory‐ G eneral S urvey was administered to establish the presence of burnout, and the AAQ ‐II was used to measure their PA. Results showed that the AAQ ‐II in C hinese had a good test–retest reliability. PA was statistically significantly negatively correlated to the three dimensionalities of burnout among nurses in C hina. Male and female nurses had a significant difference in PA . Risk factors for burnout were age (25–44 years), marital status (married), gender (male), hospital department (emergency) and position (primary title) as well as PA . The findings provide insights into the risk factors of burnout in C hinese nurses and may have clinical implications in preventing burnout in C hinese nurses.