ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the job burnout status and its influencing factors in personnel of community public health service in Wanzhou District of Chongqing. METHODS: By stratified cluster sampling method,220 workers in community public health service in Wanzhou District of Chongqing City were selected and investigated by Maslach Burn-out Inventory-general Survey. Their job burnout situation and influencing factors were analyzed. RESULTS: The median( the 25 th and 75 th percentiles) of dimension scores of emotional exhaustion,cynicism,and low sense of personal achievement of these 220 workers were 1. 1( 0. 6,2. 4),0. 5( 0. 0,1. 5),4. 7( 2. 3,6. 0) respectively. In each dimension,the ratios of moderate and severe job burnout were 33. 2%,20. 0%,and 40. 9%. Workers whose monthly income was less than2 000 yuan had a higher emotional exhaustion score than those who owed more than 2 000 yuan and more than 2 500 yuan per month( P < 0. 05); workers who work less than 15 years had a higher score in cynicism than those work over 15 years and 25 years( P < 0. 05). The multiple regression analysis results showed that low sense of personal achievement was related to genders( P < 0. 01),and the score of male was lower than that of female. CONCLUSION: Job burnout in workers of community public health service is severe,the degree of job burnout is mainly influenced by monthly income,gender,and length of service.