ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Occupational Health and Safety
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1654398
This article is part of the Research TopicPathways to Mental Health Resilience in Emergency Personnel: Protective Strategies and Occupational ChallengesView all articles
Characterising Potential Subtypes and Influencing Factors of Burnout in Emergency Department Nurses by Latent Profile Analysis
Provisionally accepted
- West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Objective: This study aims to explore the heterogeneity of burnout among emergency department nurses, identify the factors influencing burnout in different subtypes of emergency nurses, and provide targeted strategies and measures to reduce burnout in emergency department nurses. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from December 26, 2023, to January 18, 2024, involving 1,555 emergency nurses from 30 tertiary hospitals in China. The survey was distributed via an online questionnaire platform, which included general demographic information and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). The collected data were analyzed using latent profile analysis, Kruskal-Wallis H test, and multiple logistic regression. Results: A total of 1555 questionnaires were sent out in this survey, and finally 1540 were included for data analysis. The average burnout score among emergency nurses was (4.77±6.16). Occupational burnout could be categorized into three subtypes: low burnout-low professional efficacy (C1), low burnout-high professional efficacy (C2), and high burnout-low professional efficacy (C3). The proportions of these subtypes were 41%, 32.3%, and 26.7%, respectively. Significant differences in the latent categories of burnout were observed for age (χ²=31.749, P<0.001), education level (χ²=6.778, P=0.034), professional title (χ²=21.928, P<0.001), years of work (χ²=29.269, P<0.001), weekly working hours (χ²=52.493, P<0.001), number of night shifts (χ²=34.685, P<0.001), and monthly income (χ²=18.994, P<0.001). Conclusion: Occupational burnout is prevalent among emergency nurses, with significant heterogeneity in burnout types. Burnout is associated with age, education level, professional title, number of night shifts, weekly working hours, and monthly income. The heterogeneity of burnout subtypes and their influencing factors provides a basis for future personalized interventions.
Keywords: Emergency department nurses, burnout, latent profile analysis, Influce factor, Cross-seccional study
Received: 26 Jun 2025; Accepted: 29 Aug 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Lan, Chen, Zhang, Zhong and Ye. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Lin Lan, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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