Effect of Williams life skills training on occupational stress and burnout in the ICU nursing / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficacy of Williams life skills training(WLST) on the occupational stress and burnout in the nursing of the intensive care unit ( ICU ).Methods75 female nurses,from ICU of the Second Hospital of Xiangya Medical School,were randomly assigned to the study group( n=37) and the control group(n=38).A 8-week WLST was taken for the nurses in the study group,while the control group did not take training course.All subjects were assessed with nurses working stress questionnaire(NWSQ),Maslach burnout inventory(MBI) before and after the WLST.ResultsAfter 8-week WLST,the score of NWSQ decreased significantly in the study group than that of the control group( (74.09 ± 11.04 ) vs (85.42 ± 13.25 ),P ＜ 0.01 ).The score of the emotional burnout sense of job indifference decreased significantly in the study group than that of the control group((12.33 ±7.21) vs (23.97 ±.46);(3.45 ±.76) vs (7.03 ±.51)) and the score of sense of a-chievement improved obviously in the study group than that of control group( (34.18 ± 5.07 ) vs (29.31 ± 5.75 ),P ＜0.01 ).ConclusionWLST in effective to decrease the occupational stress and burnout level for the ICU nurses.