THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK-LIFE BALANCE WITH JOB BURNOUT AND THE FAMILY FUNCTION OF THE NURSES WORKING IN TEACHING HOSPITALS OF URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 2020

Background & Aims: Work-life balance with burnout and family functioning are among the issues that are of great importance in the nursing profession today. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between work-life balance with burnout and family functioning of nurses working in teaching hospitals of Urmia University of Medical Sciences in2020. Materials & Methods: This study was a cross-sectional and descriptive-correlational study. 392 nurses of teaching hospitals of Urmia University of Medical Sciences were selected by stratified sampling method and entered the study. In this study, demographic information form, Wong and Ko work-life balance questionnaire, Maslach burnout questionnaire, and Epstein et al. family functioning scale. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software version 16 and descriptive and analytical statistical tests. Results: In this study, 392 nurses working in Urmia University of Medical Sciences participated; the majority of whom were female (80.6%) and married (79.6%). The mean and standard deviation of age and work experience in the nurses were 37.37±7.95 and 12.71±7.65, respectively. The results showed that there was a significant linear relationship between work-life balance variables with burnout and its dimensions and between work-life balance with family functioning and between family functioning with burnout and its dimensions (P<0.05).  Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, there was a significant relationship between work-life balance and burnout, work-life balance and family functioning, and burnout and family functioning. Therefore, this study can have valuable results for the managers of health systems and organizations in order to better management of human resources.