Prevalence and Association of Burnout with Organizational Commitment, Job Involvement, Extraversion and Human Energy Field Analysis in Nurses

The aim of the study was (a) to measure the prevalence of burnout in nurses; (b) to find the association between demographic variables and burnout; (c) to determine the association between Job Involvement, Extraversion and Organizational Commitment and burnout; (d) to investigate the association/correlation between the degree of burnout with human energy field. Fifty nurses (male: 4, mean age: 33.25; Female: 46, mean age 44 years) with a minimum of 3 years of experience were selected from a tertiary care hospital for the study. The Maslach Burnout Inventory, Revised NEO PIR (extraversion scale), Job involvement Scale and Organizational Commitment Scale, and a questionnaire on personal and professional characteristics were administered. In addition to this, the Human Energy Field of each subject was recorded with PIP and was correlated with burnout inventory (MBI). The images of the Biofield of each individual who participated in the study were assessed qualitatively. The qualitative assessment was done on the basis of expansion or reduction of specific colors and changes of colors on and around the body, including the areas of different organs and chakras. Data was analyzed by using Spearman’s Rank Correlation. Results reveal that the level of burnout among nurses is * Clinical Psychologist, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, [email protected] ** Consultant, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi ***Medical Director, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi ISSN: 0973-5755 Vol. 4, No. 1, September, 2009