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Agreement between a single, self‐defined burnout item and the ProQOL burnout subscale for behavioural health staff
Author(s) -
Wolf Chelsea,
Schwarz John,
Thurstone Christian,
Rylander Melanie
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.911
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1447-0349
pISSN - 1445-8330
DOI - 10.1111/inm.12788
Subject(s) - burnout , medicine , workforce , health care , excellence , nursing , clinical psychology , family medicine , economic growth , economics , political science , law
Burnout in the field of behavioural health care is widespread. Occupational burnout can negatively impact providers’ well‐being and patient care, as well as lead to substantial fiscal cost to healthcare institutions. The objective of this quality improvement project was to develop a single‐item survey to rapidly assess individual burnout and workforce well‐being among behavioural health staff in our urban, safety‐net hospital. We examined the degree of agreement between a single, self‐defined burnout item from the Mini‐Z and the ProQOL burnout subscale among one hundred and thirty‐five nurses, behavioural technicians and administrative staff. Our findings indicate that ProQOL and Mini‐Z have a low‐to‐moderate correlation at a baseline ( k = 0.52, 95% CI 0.26, 0.69). However, using a modified ProQOL cut‐off score with a binary classification of both surveys yields a moderate‐to‐high agreement ( K = 0.67, 95% CI 0.54, 0.80). To our knowledge, this is the first published comparison of the Mini‐Z with the ProQOL instrument. The project adheres to the Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE) 2.0 reporting guidelines for quality improvement (Ogrinc et al., 2016). A single, validated question measuring burnout allows for more rapid assessment and the maximization of response rates, both of which are important steps in evaluating the level of burnout of the collective whole.