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Objective@#To investigate the situation and influential factors of the job burnout among the nurses in Guangzhou, China.@*Methods@#In April 2017, 166 nurses from 8 hospitals in Guangzhou were surveyed by applying the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) to investigate their Emotion Exhaustion (EE) , Depersonalization (DP) and Personal Accomplishment (PA) , and applying Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) to examine negative coping style and positive coping style based on group random sampling.@*Results@#The nurses exhibited moderate burnout on both EE and DP, as well as severe burnout on PA. Compared with the nurses in the general hospitals, the nurses in the occupational disease hospital had lower scores on both EE and DP (t=-7.305, -3.442, P<0.01) , and they had higher scores on PA (t=2.597, P<0.05) . The married nurses had higher scores on EE (t=2.988, P<0.01) . The nurses in the disinfection supply department had higher scores on EE and lower scores on PA than the nurses in other departments (t=3.788, -3.990, P<0.01) . There was a significant difference on EE between different working age groups (F=3.225, P<0.01) . 6-10 years and 21-25 years of working age had higher scores on EE. Positive coping was negatively correlated with DP (r=-0.190) , and it positively correlated with PA (r=0.323) . Negative coping was positively correlated with both EE and DP (r=0.389, 0.293) .Hospitals types, negative coping style and positive coping style both entered the regression equation for EE (R2=0.368, P<0.01) and the regression equation for DP (R2=0.199, P<0.01) . Positive coping style and department types entered the regression equation for PA (R2=0.201, P<0.01) .@*Conclusion@#Nurses in Guangzhou got moderate level on both EE and DP, lower level on PA. Hospitals types, department types, marital status, working ages and coping style are all the influential factors of job burnout.
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Three female workers in a golf club production company in Guangzhou were diagnosed with occupational chronic mild benzene poisoning. Two of the female workers were assessed as Grade 7 disabilities. One female worker showed the symptoms of the decline of whole blood cells for unknown reasons in the later stages of the medical period. The final assessment was a Class 5 disability. The problems in this work ability appraisal include: the injury condition of the patient who has not been stable during the work ability appraisal, and the contradiction between the disability grade and the occupational disease diagnosis conclusion. In order to avoid similar situations, the following recommendations are recommended: after the worker's injury situation is relatively stable, the assessment will be conducted, the employer will actively exercise the right to review and appraisal, and the diagnosis of occupational diseases will be included in the evaluation criteria for disability grade.