The Association Between Spiritual Well-Being and Burnout in Intensive Care Unit Nurses in Lebanon: A Cross Sectional, Correlational and Descriptive Study.

Résumé

Spiritual well-being may protect intensive care unit (ICU) nurses from burnout by supporting their ability to cope with workplace stressors and find meaning in their work. This cross sectional, correlational, and descriptive study examined the association between spiritual well-being subdomains and burnout among 109 ICU nurses (response rate = 77.86) at a university hospital in Lebanon. Pearson correlation and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed. Results demonstrated a significant negative association between religious well-being and burnout (standardized β = -0.478, p = .001), after controlling for demographic variables. Higher religious well-being was independently associated with lower levels of burnout among ICU nurses, while existential well-being was not a significant predictor (β = -0.058, p = .673). These findings underscore the importance of supporting religious well-being as a potential protective factor against burnout in ICU settings.