THE EFFECTS OF FAMILY AND WORKPLACE ON THE BURNOUT LEVELS OF RADIOGRAPHERS WORKING IN ONCOLOGY PATIENT CARE

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of the study was to explore the burnout rateof radiographers working in oncology patient care.Materials and methods: Cross-sectional and targeted nonrandomsampling research was conducted from June 2018to September 2018. We used the Maslach Burnout Inventorysupplemented with our own questionnaire for online datacollection. In addition to demographic aspects, we collecteddata on job characteristics to examine the predictors ofburnout. Statistical analysis was performed using descriptivestatistics. A two-sampled t-test, analysis of variance, the Mann-Whitney test and the Kruskal-Wallis test were used at a 95%confi dence level (p=0.05).Results: We analyzed data of 72 radiographers workingin oncology patient care (n=72) and 332 radiographersworking in other areas of patient care (n=332). The value ofemotional exhaustion (p=0.001) was signifi cantly higher inradiographers working in oncology patient care. Respondentswho were single, provided monthly on-call duty and helduniversity degrees showed signs of depersonalization(p=0.001). Having a second job, working over 40 hours perweek and participating in on-call duty services had a negativeeff ect on emotional exhaustion (p=0.001). The value ofpersonal accomplishment (p=0.001) was signifi cantly betterin respondents with more than one child in their household.The subjective assessesment of poor fi nancial status had anegative eff ect on all three dimensions of burnout (p=0.001).Conclusion: The mean values of emotional exhaustion inradiographers working in oncology patient care increasedsignifi cantly. The observed higher value of personalaccomplishment demonstrates the positive feedback givenby patients to radiographers.