RT Journal Article
T1 Burnout and spirituality among nurses: A scoping review.
A1 De Diego-Cordero, Rocío
A1 Iglesias-Romo, Marta
A1 Badanta, Bárbara
A1 Lucchetti, Giancarlo
A1 Vega-Escaño, Juan
K1 Burnout syndrome
K1 Global occupational health
K1 Nurses
K1 Religion
K1 Spirituality
AB To investigate the relationship between spirituality / religiousness and Burnout Syndrome in nurses, as well as to examine the current evidence for spiritual/religious interventions to alleviate their symptoms. A scoping review was conducted using CINAHL, SCOPUS, Web of Science, Pubmed databases, and grey literature, between January and July 2020. Two researchers performed the searches with a 95% agreement rate for the inclusion and exclusion of the studies. Both quantitative and qualitative studies published in peer-reviewed journals, using Spanish, Portuguese or English language were included. Restriction on publication date was not applied. A total of 1143 articles were identified and 18 were included in the final analysis. Quality assessment was performed, following CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA and COREQ guidelines. Finally, the following data were extracted: authors, year, country, study design and sample characteristics, purpose of the study, and major findings. The results of the present review show that spirituality / religiousness is a common strategy used by nurses when coping with stress and burnout. Most studies reveal that spiritual and religious beliefs are correlated with lower levels of burnout, exhaustion and depersonalization in different settings. Nevertheless, two studies have not found any relationship and one study has found worse outcomes. There is a lack of experimental studies trying to examine if spiritual interventions could modify burnout levels in clinical practice. Health managers should be aware of the spirituality / religiousness of their nurses and provide the appropriate spiritual support.
YR 2021
FD 2021-08-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/24364
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/24364
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 7, 2025