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Abstract:- In the field of work, an individual’s effort 2022). During the pandemic surge, the nurses’ length of
being at a higher level than average and diminished working hours increased from 8 to 12 hours during each
rewards given in exchange complements the lack of shift and the nurse-to-patient ratio increased as well
balance regarding effort and reward. Indeed, "the (“Lifeline,'' 2022). “Tulad niyan 1:4 lang dapat ang nurse to
reward is much sweeter when an earnest effort has been patient ratio pero fumafollow kami sa 1:7 so biro mo ganyan
made in its pursuit." The present study determined the kadami ang patient mo so talagang nakakapagod.” as
relationship between effort-reward imbalance and verbalized by the nurse from the researchers’ interview (see
burnout among the total population of eighty (80) Appendix A). Meanwhile, Alibudbud (2022) stated that
registered nurses who are currently working in nurses from the Philippines have spoken about how
Community General Hospital in San Pablo City. The emotionally unsettled they are, stating that they don't feel
researchers applied a descriptive-correlational research appreciated and attended to. Considering the apparent
design and utilized a 3-part adopted survey understaffing, inadequate salary, uncertain working
questionnaire from Siegrist (2004), a modified Socio- conditions, and restrictions on deployment, they always
demographic variables and short-version of Effort- recall supporting their fellow community because not even
reward Imbalance Questionnaire and Kristensen, one intends otherwise (Alibudbud, 2022). Clearly, being
Borritz, Villadsen, & Christensen (2005), the overwhelmed and having an inconsistent flow of labor, the
Copenhagen Burnout Inventory distributed through absence of support and equitable rewards are some of the
google forms which sought for the socio-demographic new threats relating to the mind and company of others in
profile, level of effort-reward imbalance, and burnout in the workplace that can have an influence on the health of
terms of personal, work, and client related, as perceived every personnel (Alvarado, Bretones, and Rodriguez, 2021).
by the respondents. The statistical treatments used were Apparently burdened beyond the level, unacknowledged,
frequency distribution and percentage, mean, standard and unnoticed, nurses are always excessively functioning.
deviation, and Pearson correlation coefficient to analyze Without a doubt, the perception of working longer hours and
the data. Majority of the respondents’ age ranges from exerting maximum effort in pursuit of decent rewards
30 to 40 years old, received a monthly salary of Php remains unremarked. As a result, when effort is not
20,001-30,000, and with less than a year of service. The adequately rewarded, nurses exhibit signs of burnout,
findings revealed that the majority of the respondents making them relatable.
exerted more effort and received less reward. Along with
a moderate personal and work-related burnout. Effort- Further burnout is identified as a job-related
reward imbalance has a high positive correlation in both phenomenon instead of a medical condition (World Health
personal-related and client-related burnout and a Organization [WHO], 2019). It is a syndrome that affects
moderate positive correlation in work-related burnout. the emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion from stress
Relative to this, the researchers recommended an in the workplace that is not handled competently.
intervention program to address and evaluate the Consequently, it is a demanding job taking care of lives in
mismatch between work effort-reward imbalance and an the hands of a nurse due to the nature of the profession as a
effective burnout management. “people-work” that is being practiced along with a highly
stressful and unpredictable work environment; hence, nurses
Keywords:- Effort-Reward Imbalance, Burnout, Nurse, have a risky high rate of burnout among the members of the
Community General Hospital, San Pablo City. profession. According to Lu (2020), nurses are encompassed
in the profession of health that are confronted with burnout
I. INTRODUCTION because of the demand in workload. It has harmful results
and may jeopardize the welfare of the patient and the
In an article of Cabico (2022), the Federation of Nurses standard treatment (Butao et al., 2021).
of the Philippines stated that nurses in the Philippines are
required to be paid commensurately in public and private
hospitals. In reality, hospitals in the public sector give
higher wages to the nurses than hospitals in private (Divina,
For problem statement number three (3), four (4), five Σx2 = the sum of squared x scores
(5), and six (6), Mean was applied to demonstrate the
correlation between the level of effort-reward imbalance Σy2 = the sum of squared y scores
and burnout as perceived by the respondents and their
difference in relation to the socio-demographic profiles. Table 1 Scale of Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient and its
Value (Hussain, Jayabalan, Saini, Selvanathan, &
Supramaniam, 2020).
Hence,
Σfx = the sum of the mid-interval value of each class V. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
For problem statement number three (3), four (4), five Table 2 Frequency Distribution and Percentage of the
(5), and six (6), Standard Deviation was utilized in order Respondents Based on their Age
to ascertain the way data sets are dispersed from the
value of mean (Standard Deviation, n.d.).
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