Date of Conferral
8-22-2024
Date of Award
August 2024
Degree
Ph.D.
School
Social Work
Advisor
Lindy Lewis
Abstract
No studies focused on nephrology social workers’ dialysis settings, years of experience, caseload sizes, and job burnout were found during the literature search. The purpose of this quantitative correlational design study conducted via survey methodology with nephrology social workers was to examine the independent variables of dialysis settings, years of experience, and caseload sizes as predictors of the levels of burnout, the dependent variable. The Maslach Burnout Inventory Health Services Survey (MBI-HSS) measured burnout as emotional exhaustion and depersonalization in addition to personal accomplishment. The correlational research design involved using descriptive statistics to describe the demographic (gender, race), independent (dialysis settings, years of experience, caseload sizes), and dependent (MBI-HSS score) variables of the study. I analyzed the data from the sample of 97 participants with a significance level of 0.05 for the null hypotheses. The nephrology social workers reported on their dialysis settings, years of experience, and caseload sizes as well as responded to the items on the MBI-HSS. The findings of this study suggest that there is no predictive relationship between dialysis settings, years of experience, and caseload sizes and burnout in nephrology social workers. However, the nephrology social worker burnout levels and caseload sizes could descriptively be used to guide positive social change toward ensuring the nephrology social workers have appropriate caseload sizes, regardless of their patient setting.
Recommended Citation
Prelow, Melissa Renee, "Nephrology Social Worker’s Caseload Sizes and Levels of Burnout" (2024). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 16297.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/16297
