Perceived social support and its relationship with burnout and self-efficacy in nurses working in corona wards, medical training centers of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 1400

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Abstract Background and purpose of the research: Corona disease has made nurses face many problems. Stress and high workload caused by illness has increased job burnout. On the other hand, social relations and the resulting social support have become challenging following the social distancing law. At the same time, the lack of social support causes many psychological problems. On the other hand, self-efficacy is very useful for managing such challenges and disasters. This study aimed to determine the relationship between perceived social support, job burnout and self-efficacy in nurses working in corona wards. Implementation method: This research is a descriptive correlational study that was conducted on 186 nurses working in the corona wards in Imam Reza and Sina hospitals in Tabriz. The data were collected using Copenhagen job burnout questionnaires, Schwartz's general self-efficacy and Zimmet's perceived social support and were analyzed with SPSS software and with Pearson's correlation coefficient and its non-parametric equivalent i.e. Spearman's correlation coefficient. Findings: According to the obtained results, there was a statistically significant positive relationship between social support and self-efficacy, that is, with the increase of social support, the amount of self-efficacy increases (P=0.011), (r=0.187). While there was no statistically significant relationship between social support and total job burnout (P=0.804). Conclusion: Self-efficacy plays a positive role in reducing stress, increasing self-confidence and managing crisis situations and disasters. Relevant organizations can lead to an increase in self-efficacy by creating suitable conditions for increasing social support.