Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between delusion-like ideation and burnout syndrome for newly graduated nurses.
Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted to nurses who have been working at an acute hospital for less than one year since they graduated. The subjects are all 26 years old or younger.
Results: Out of 383 participants, 354 (92.4%) experienced delusion-like ideation and those who have the experience tended to develop burnout syndrome more often than those who have not (p=.001- .19, t-test) . The subjects with higher levels of anxiety or anger, feelings associated with delusion-like ideation, tended to have a stronger tendency to suffer from burnout as a long-term stress reaction (p=.000 - .030, One-way ANOVA) .
Conclusions: The findings suggest that a possible beneficial effect of reducing burnout development is expected by managing negative emotions like anxiety or anger accompanied by delusion-like ideation.