the prevalence of burnout and its association with types of capital among female nurses in west of iran

background burnout is a common syndrome associated with job stresses in the health sector personnel, especially female nurses. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate burnout and its association with types of capital among female nurses in educational hospitals of kermanshah university of medical sciences. patients and methods this was a retrospective cross-sectional study. the study population was all female nurses working in educational hospitals of kermanshah university of medical sciences. participants completed a questionnaire containing three parts as: maslach burnout inventory, the types of capital and sociodemographic characteristics. data analysis was done using spss version 18. results in total, 40% of female nurses had a high level of burnout. the mean scores of the emotion exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment were 33.7, 16 and 25.7, respectively. in addition, 50% of female nurses had a high social capital, 86% of them had a moderate economic capital and 49.3% had a low cultural capital. finally, there were significant negative correlations between burnout and capital types (economic, cultural and social). conclusions the prevalence of burnout among nurses is high. capital types had a positive impact on reducing burnout. therefore, maintaining capital types should be considered to decrease burnout in nurses.