The analysis of mediating effect of self-aging sensation on job burnout and job engagement among nurses in emergency de-partment
GENG Xue
XIANG Li
DENG Xianfeng
FENG Xia
CHEN Jing
HU Cheng
Abstract：Objective To explore the status quo of job burnout,self-aging sensation and job engagement among nurses in emergency department,and to analyze the mediating effect of self-aging sensation on job burnout and job engagement.Methods A total of 206 emergen-cy department nurses from 3 class A tertiary hospitals in Hubei Province were selected by convenience sampling method from March to May 2023.General information questionnaire,Maslach Burnout Inentory,Aging Self-rating Questionnaire and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale were used to investigate.Results The scores of job bumout,self-aging sensation and job engagement were(66.27±7.90),(80.07±9.31)and(55.23±8.49),respectively.The job bumout and self-aging sensation were negatively correlated with job engagement(r1=-0.493,r2=-0.633,P＜0.01),while job burnout was positively correlated with self-aging sensation(r=0.377,P＜0.01).The self-aging sensation had a partial mediating effect be-tween job burnout and job engagement among nurses in emergency department,and the value was-0.219,accounting for 28.11％of total effect.Conclusion The job engagement level of nurses in emergency department needs to be improved.The job burnout has a direct predictive effect on job engagement,and self-aging sensation plays a partial mediating effect between job bumout and job engagement.It suggests that managers can en-hance their work engagement by developing measures about reducing job burnout and self-aging sensation of nurses in emergency department.
Keywords：emergency departmentnurseself-aging sensationjob burnoutjob engagementmediating effect
Publication Date：2024-11-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 1002-1006 )