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Mindfulness, emotional intelligence and occupational burnout in intensive care nurses: A mediating effect model
Author(s) -
Xie Caixia,
Li Xinyu,
Zeng Yanli,
Hu Xiuying
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1111/jonm.13193
Subject(s) - mindfulness , depersonalization , burnout , emotional exhaustion , emotional intelligence , mediation , structural equation modeling , clinical psychology , psychology , nursing , medicine , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , political science , law
Aim(s) To construct structural equation models to test the mediating role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between mindfulness and occupational burnout. Background Reports assessing the relationships among mindfulness, emotional intelligence and burnout, specifically in ICU nurses, are scarce. Methods This was a descriptive, correlational, cross‐sectional research design with 883 ICU nurses enrolled by convenience sampling from 29 ICUs in seven tertiary hospitals in urban areas of Chengdu, China. Mediation analysis was performed by structural equation modelling. Indirect effects were evaluated through bootstrapping. Results The associations among mindfulness, emotional intelligence, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment were all significant ( p < .001). In the mediation models, emotional intelligence partially mediates the relationships between mindfulness and emotional exhaustion (indirect effect 0.118, p = .006; direct effect −0.374, p = .010; total effect −0.492, p = .011) and between mindfulness and depersonalization (indirect effect −0.182, p = .006; direct effect −0.452, p = .015; total effect −0.633, p = .018). Emotional intelligence plays a total mediating role between mindfulness and personal accomplishment (indirect effect 0.293, p = .004; direct effect 0.119, p = .053). Conclusions The results suggest that nursing manager could implement mindfulness training to improve occupational burnout in ICU nurses. Implications for Nursing Management Nursing managers could help create a more favourable working environment by providing mindfulness training. Such mindfulness training could help improve nursing quality, reduce errors and ensure patient safety, possibly improving patient prognosis and probably satisfaction.