A Quasi-Experimental Study: Can Self-Leadership Training and Emotional Intelligence Mentoring Lower Burnout Rates in Hospital Nurses?

Abstract

Background: Burnout syndrome is found in health workers who are directly related to services and a high prevalence in care because they always experience stressful condition in workplace.  So, this condition needs attention from the hospitals. One of the effort to lower the burnout is self leadership and emotional intelligence mentoring. Aim: This study aimed to analyzing the effect of self-leadership and emotional intelligence mentoring as an effort to lower the burnout rates of nurses Methods: This study used a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental method using a pretest-posttest with control group design. The population of this study was nurses at RSUD Noongan and RSU GMIM Bethesda Tomohon with a total of 344 nurses. Based on the sampling, a sample of 159 nurses was obtained. This study used the Maslach Burnout Inventory questionnaire on nurses to see the level of fatigue experienced before the intervention was given and The Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire was adapted to measure nurses' self-leadership and a questionnaire to see the knowledge of research subjects (nurses) related to emotional intelligence. Data Analysis Methods used in this study was a structural equation modeling using partial least squares (PLS). Results: The results shows that before the interventions, there was an effect of Self-Leadership on Burnout (0.000 <0.05) and there was an effect of Emotional Intelligence on Burnout (0.001 <0.05) at GMIM Bethesda Hospital. Also, after the interventions, there is an effect of Self-Leadership on Burnout (0.000 <0.05) and there is an effect of Emotional Intelligence on Burnout (0.001 <0.05) at GMIM Bethesda Hospital. Furthermore, before the interventions, there was an effect of Self-Leadership on Burnout (0.000 <0.05) and there is an effect of Emotional Intelligence on Burnout (0.000 <0.05).  Also, after the interventions, there is an effect of Self-Leadership on Burnout (0.000 <0.05) and there is an effect of Emotional Intelligence on Burnout (0.001 <0.05) Conclusion: It can be seen that Self-Leadership and Emotional Intelligence have an effect on reducing the burnout levels of nurses at GMIM Bethesda Hospital and Noongan Hospital.