Reassessing the most popularly suggested measurement models and measurement invariance of the Maslach Burnout Inventory – human service survey among Vietnamese healthcare professionals

The study was set up as a first exploration of the predictive role of human service professionals’ (i.e., teachers and healthcare professionals) psychological capital (PC) in their perception of work experiences and some core aspects of their own work, such as their efficacy to instill positive resources in their clients, the positive representation of their work and of the results that they can obtain, and positive beliefs about their career growth. Three hundred and eight Northern Italian human service professionals were involved, of which 163 were elementary school teachers of inclusive classrooms and 145 were healthcare professionals in day and residential centers. The regression analyses which were carried out—controlling for age, gender, years of work experience and the typology of the human service jobs—confirmed the predictive role of PC in the efficacy to instill positive resources in one’s clients, the positive representation of the work and of the results that can be obtained, and positive beliefs about career growth. These results have important implications for practice, and they emphasize that specific interventions aimed at promoting human service professionals’ PC may positively impact the effectiveness of their actions for the adaptation and psychosocial development of their clients.

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Burnout of Healthcare Workers amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Japanese Cross-Sectional Survey

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18052434 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (5) ◽

pp. 2434

Author(s):

Yoshito Nishimura ◽

Tomoko Miyoshi ◽

Hideharu Hagiya ◽

Yoshinori Kosaki ◽

Fumio Otsuka

Keyword(s):

Healthcare Workers ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Healthcare Delivery ◽

General Medicine ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

University Hospital ◽

Survey Study ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Past

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic has drastically changed how we live and work. Amid the prolonged pandemic, burnout of the frontline healthcare professionals has become a significant concern. We conducted a cross-sectional survey study to provide data about the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and the prevalence of burnout in healthcare professionals in Japan. Healthcare workers in a single Japanese national university hospital participated in the survey, including basic demographics, whether a participant engaged in care of COVID-19 patients in the past 2 weeks and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Of those, 25.4% fully answered the survey; 33.3% were doctors and 63.6% were nurses, and 36.3% engaged in care of COVID-19 patients in the past 2 weeks. Compared to those belonging to General Medicine, those in Emergency Intensive Care Unit were at higher risk of burnout (odds ratio (OR), 6.7; 95% CI, 1.1–42.1; p = 0.031). Of those who engaged in care of COVID-19 patients, 50% reported burnout while 6.1% did not (OR 8.5, 95% CI; 1.3–54.1; p = 0.014). The burnout of healthcare workers is a significant concern amid the pandemic, which needs to be addressed for sustainable healthcare delivery.

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The Test of Gross Motor Development—Third Edition: A Bifactor Model, Dimensionality, and Measurement Invariance

Journal of Motor Learning and Development ◽

10.1123/jmld.2020-0069 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-16

Author(s):

Sedigheh Salami ◽

Paulo Felipe Ribeiro Bandeira ◽

Cristiano Mauro Assis Gomes ◽

Parvaneh Shamsipour Dehkordi

Keyword(s):

Measurement Invariance ◽

Motor Development ◽

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Factor Model ◽

Bifactor Model ◽

General Factor ◽

Convenience Sample ◽

Gross Motor ◽

Measurement Models ◽

Gross Motor Development

Aim: To examine the latent structure of the Test of Gross Motor Development—Third Edition (TGMD-3) with a bifactor modeling approach. In addition, the study examines the dimensionality and model-based reliability of general and specific contributions of the test’s subscales and measurement invariance of the TGMD-3. Methods: A convenience sample of (N = 496; Mage = 7.23 ± 2.03 years; 53.8% female) typically developed children participated in this study. Three alternative measurement models were tested: (a) a unidimensional model, (b) a correlated two-factor model, and (c) a bifactor model. Results: The totality of results, including item loadings, goodness-of-fit indexes, and reliability estimates, all supported the bifactor model and strong evidence of a general factor, namely gross motor competence. Additionally, the reliability of subscale scores was poor, and it is thus contended that scoring, reporting, and interpreting of the subscales scores are probably not justifiable. Conclusions: This study shows the advantages of using bifactor approach to examine the TGMD-3 factor structure and suggests that the two traditionally hypothesized factors are better understood as “grouping” factors rather than as representative of latent constructs. In addition, our findings demonstrate that the bifactor model appears invariant for sex.

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GAMBARAN BURNOUT PADA PERAWAT KESEHATAN JIWA

Jurnal Keperawatan Abdurrab ◽

10.36341/jka.v3i2.1104 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 60-67

Author(s):

Triyana Harlia Putri

Keyword(s):

Human Service ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Cross Sectional

ABSTRAK Perawat kesehatan jiwa menghadapi tantangan dalam merawat klien gangguan jiwa. Tantangan tersebut dapat menyebabkan stres selama bekerja dan menguras perawat secara emosional dan fisik atau burnout. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran burnout pada perawat kesehatan jiwa. Desain penelitian ini deskriptif analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Penelitian dilakukan di RSJ Soeharto Heerdjan Jakarta dengan jumlah sampel 130 perawat kesehatan jiwa secara total sampling. Instrumen digunakan adalah Maslach Burnout Inventory- Human Service Survey. Analisis data menggunakan distribusi frekuensi dan persentase. Hasil penelitian didapatkan hampir dari seluruh perawat 113 (86,9%) mengungkapkan burnout level sedang. Jika dilihat dari masing- masing ketiga domain burnout, hampir seluruh perawat 100 (76,9%) merasakan kelelahan emosional, sebagian besar perawat 92 (70,8%) merasakan depersonalisasi dan sebagian besar perawat 98 (75,4%) merasakan penurunan pencapaian pribadi. Burnout yang dirasakan perawat kesehatan jiwa berada pada level sedang dan untuk semuan domain burnout yaitu kelelahan emosional, depersonalisasi, dan prestasi pribadi. Level tinggi terutama lebih banyak dirasakan oleh perawat kesehatan jiwa pada dimensi kelelahan emosional.

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Business Ethics and the Greek Healthcare System

Ethical Standards and Practice in International Relations - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2650-6.ch005 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 100-127 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vaitsa Giannouli

Keyword(s):

Business Ethics ◽

Healthcare System ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Ethical Values ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Future Directions ◽

Emotional Aspects ◽

Job Affect

This chapter provides a review not only of classic literature on healthcare business and ethics, but also an introduction to the legal changes in the Greek healthcare system with ethical values on focus. A study examining in both a quantitative and qualitative way what the Greek healthcare experts think and feel about ethics and healthcare services presents the factors that shape attitudes towards ethical values from the viewpoint of the healthcare professionals. For this reason, 34 semi-structured interviews, accompanied by the administration of perceived cohesion scale, generalized immediacy scale, job affect scale, state anxiety inventory, Maslach burnout inventory, and the attitude towards business ethics questionnaire revealed that healthcare professionals do have knowledge of ethical values and moral responsibility, but no clear connections with specific emotional aspects were found. The chapter concludes with future directions on how business ethics can be further examined and applied.

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Job Demands, Burnout, and Teamwork in Healthcare Professionals Working in a General Hospital that Was Analysed At Two Points in Time

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.3889/oamjms.2018.159 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 723-729 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Dragan Mijakoski ◽

Jovanka Karadzinska-Bislimovska ◽

Sasho Stoleski ◽

Jordan Minov ◽

Aneta Atanasovska ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Patient Safety ◽

General Hospital ◽

Emotional Exhaustion ◽

Safety Culture ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Time Lag ◽

Job Demands ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Patient Safety Culture ◽

Mean Values

AIM: The purpose of the paper was to assess job demands, burnout, and teamwork in healthcare professionals (HPs) working in a general hospital that was analysed at two points in time with a time lag of three years.METHODS: Time 1 respondents (N = 325) were HPs who participated during the first wave of data collection (2011). Time 2 respondents (N = 197) were HPs from the same hospital who responded at Time 2 (2014). Job demands, burnout, and teamwork were measured with Hospital Experience Scale, Maslach Burnout Inventory, and Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, respectively.RESULTS: Significantly higher scores of emotional exhaustion (21.03 vs. 15.37, t = 5.1, p < 0.001), depersonalization (4.48 vs. 2.75, t = 3.8, p < 0.001), as well as organizational (2.51 vs. 2.34, t = 2.38, p = 0.017), emotional (2.46 vs. 2.25, t = 3.68, p < 0.001), and cognitive (2.82 vs. 2.64, t = 2.68, p = 0.008) job demands were found at Time 2. Teamwork levels were similar at both points in time (Time 1 = 3.84 vs. Time 2 = 3.84, t = 0.043, p = 0.97).CONCLUSION: Actual longitudinal study revealed significantly higher mean values of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization in 2014 that could be explained by significantly increased job demands between analysed points in time.

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The Abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory Can Overestimate Burnout: A Study of Anesthesiology Residents

Journal of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.3390/jcm9010061 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 61 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Wan Yen Lim ◽

John Ong ◽

Sharon Ong ◽

Ying Hao ◽

Hairil Rizal Abdullah ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Positive Predictive Value ◽

Operating Characteristic ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Response Rate ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Data Sources ◽

Clinical Correlation ◽

Multiple Data ◽

Wide Range ◽

Actual Prevalence

The Maslach Burnout Inventory for healthcare professionals (MBI-HSS) and its abbreviated version (aMBI), are the most common tools to detect burnout in clinicians. A wide range in burnout prevalence is reported in anesthesiology, so this study aimed to ascertain which of these two tools most accurately detected burnout in our anesthesiology residents. The MBI-HSS and aMBI were distributed amongst 86 residents across three hospitals, with a total of 58 residents completing the survey (67.4% response rate; 17 male and 41 female). Maslach-recommended cut-offs for the MBI-HSS and the aMBI with standard cut-offs were used to estimate burnout prevalence, and actual prevalence was established clinically by a thorough review of multiple data sources. Burnout proportions reported by the MBI-HSS and aMBI were found to be significantly different; 22.4% vs. 62.1% respectively (p < 0.0001). Compared to the actual prevalence of burnout in our cohort, the MBI-HSS detected burnout most accurately; area under receiver operating characteristic of 0.99 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.92–1.0). Although there was a good correlation between the MBI-HSS and aMBI subscale scores, the positive predictive value of the aMBI was poor; 33.3% (95% CI:27.5–39.8%), therefore caution and clinical correlation are advised when using the aMBI tool because of the high rates of false-positives.

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A latent class analysis of attitudes concerning the acceptability of intimate partner violence in rural Senegal

Population Health Metrics ◽

10.1186/s12963-020-00233-0 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

John Sandberg ◽

Rosalind Fennell ◽

Yacine Boujija ◽

Laetitia Douillot ◽

Valerie Delaunay ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Measurement Invariance ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Latent Class ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

Men And Women ◽

Individual Level ◽

Measurement Models ◽

Measurement Strategies

Abstract Background Research concerning the causes and consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV), particularly in less developed areas of the world, has become prominent in the last two decades. Although a number of potential causal factors have been investigated the current consensus is that attitudes toward IPV on the individual level, likely representing perceptions of normative behavior, and the normative acceptability of IPV on the aggregate level likely play key roles. Measurement of both is generally approached through either binary indicators of acceptability of any type of IPV or additive composite indexes of multiple indicators. Both strategies imply untested assumptions which potentially have important implications for both research into the causes and consequences of IPV as well as interventions aimed to reduce its prevalence. Methods Using survey data from rural Senegal collected in 2014, this analysis estimates latent class measurement models of attitudes concerning the acceptability of IPV. We investigate the dimensional structure of IPV ideation and test the parallel indicator assumption implicit in common measurement strategies, as well as structural and measurement invariance between men and women. Results We find that a two-class model of the acceptability of IPV in which the conditional probability of class membership is allowed to vary between the sexes is preferred for both men and women. Though the assumption of structural invariance between men and women is supported, measurement invariance and the assumption of parallel indicators (or equivalence of indicators used) are not. Conclusions Measurement strategies conventionally used to operationalize the acceptability of IPV, key to modeling perceptions of norms around IPV, are a poor fit to the data used here. Research concerning the measurement characteristics of IPV acceptability is a precondition for adequate investigation of its causes and consequences, as well as for intervention efforts aimed at reducing or eliminating IPV.

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Is the factorial structure of the Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Service Survey (MBI-HSS) replicable in the nursing profession in Peru? A national study

Enfermería Clínica (English Edition) ◽

10.1016/j.enfcle.2019.12.004 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (5) ◽

pp. 340-348

Author(s):

Gustavo Alexis Calderón-de la Cruz ◽

César Merino-Soto ◽

Arturo Juárez-García ◽

Sergio Dominguez-Lara ◽

Manuel Fernández-Arata

Keyword(s):

Human Service ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Nursing Profession ◽

National Study ◽

Factorial Structure

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Factor Structure of the Maslach Burnout Inventory–Educators Survey in a Polish-Speaking Sample

Journal of Career Assessment ◽

10.1177/1069072717714545 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 515-530 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anna Hawrot ◽

Maciej Koniewski

Keyword(s):

Factor Structure ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Personal Accomplishment ◽

Primary School Teachers ◽

Measurement Models ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Practical Guidelines ◽

Alternative Measurement ◽

Essential Unidimensionality ◽

Best Fit

This article investigates the psychometric properties of a mainstream burnout measure dedicated to teachers: the Maslach Burnout Inventory–Educators Survey (MBI-ES). The study used data gathered from a random sample of 1,206 primary school teachers in Poland to verify the construct validity of the MBI-ES. Eight alternative measurement models suggested in the literature were tested using confirmatory factor analysis. Contrary to many previous studies, this study did not support the oblique three-factor structure of the MBI-ES. A bifactor model with one general Burnout factor and three specific orthogonal factors of personal accomplishment, depersonalization, and emotional exhaustion showed best fit to the data. Additional analyses supported the measure’s essential unidimensionality. The results yield theoretical implications for construct reconceptualization and practical guidelines for researchers and practitioners.

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