Work–family conflict among primary health workers during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: Its mediating role in the relationship between workload and job burnout

作者：Jianyun Wang, Shichao Zhao, Xiyang Tong, Minghui Wang, Yiying Wang · 发表于：Journal of Clinical Nursing · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1111/jocn.17035 · 被引用次数：13 · 研究领域：Work-Family Balance Challenges、Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies、Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This study explores the situation of workload, work-family conflict and job burnout among primary health workers in China in the context of COVID-19 and identifies the mediating effect of work-family conflict between workload and job burnout. BACKGROUND: Since the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic, primary health workers have been working on the frontline of the epidemic and may experience increasing workload, work-family conflict and job burnout. It is important to focus on the issue of how to alleviate job burnout of primary health workers. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study (STROBE) was used. METHODS: Data were collected from 785 primary health workers in China. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the mediating effect of work-family conflict between workload and job burnout. RESULTS: 18.7%, 10.4% and 39.5% of respondents had high job burnout in the dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment, respectively. 34.6% of the respondents had high or very high workload, and 12.8% of the respondents had high or very high work-family conflict. Results of multiple regression analysis indicated that work-family conflict mediated the relationship between workload and job burnout. Workload (β = .163, CI = .207-.549) and work-family conflict (β = .211, CI = .311-.640) positively influenced job burnout, and workload (β = .428, CI = .375-.508) positively influenced work-family conflict. CONCLUSION: The study indicated tha...