Thesis

4.3. BURNOUT IN THE HUNGARIAN AND SWEDISH NURSES
In this study it was assumed that since there are differences in the hospital organization, the
hospital management, the hospital equipment etc. between Hungarian and Swedish hospitals,
where Hungary is suffering from a deterioration in the hospitals policy-making, financing,
management, service structure, patient’s rights etc. (Piko, 1999), it would contribute to higher
burnout in the Hungarian nurses than in the Swedish ones.
The means of the burnout subcscales were compared between the Hungarian and Swedish
nurses. The means and standard deviations showed that the Hungarian nurses had higher
levels of emotional exhaustion (Mean= 22.4, SD= 10.96), depersonalization (Mean= 6.6, SD=
5.36), and lower levels of personal accomplishment (Mean= 32.1, SD= 6.72) (see Table 4
below and Table 5 in APPENDIX C, and Diagram 8 below).
Table 4: Burnout subscale means and standard deviations according to country
Nationality
Hungarian Swedish
Mean St. Dev. Mean St. Dev.
Emotional exhaustion 22.4 10.96 12.4 7.64
Depersonalization 6.6 5.36 3.6 3.43
Personal accomplishment 32.1 6.72 38.2 7.09
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
22,4
Diagram 8: Burnout subscale means in the two samples
12,4
Emotional
exhaustion
6,6
3,6
32,1
38,2
Depersonalization Personal
accomplishment
Hungarian
Swedish
The Levene test of homogeneity of variances was done and since it failed in two subscales,
emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment (see Table 5 below and Table 6 in