Determinants of emotional exhaustion among nursing workforce in urban Ghana: a cross-sectional study

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Table 2 Correlation between selected variables and emotional exhaustion

Variables	EE	A	H	YN	YH	C	NMLS	NPR	NPHA	SRA	NFQC	PES
Emotional Exhaustion (EE)	1	.010	−.185^**	−.003	.002	.066	−.164^*	−.243^**	−.538	−.517^**	−.259^**	−.338^**
Age of nurse (A)	.010	1	.652^**	.968^**	.935^**	.486^**	.034	.027	.060	.033	−.051	.008
Highest qualification (H)	−.185^*	.652^**	1	.660^**	.614^**	.404^**	.118	.232^**	.104	.242^**	.165^*	.237^**
Years in Nursing (YN)	−.003	.968^**	.660^**	1	.954^**	.479^**	.040	.031	.044	.027	−.060	.010
Years in hospital (YH)	.002	.935^**	.614^**	.954^**	1	.484^**	.069	.042	.051	.039	−.062	.018
Current rank of nurse (C)	.066	.486^**	.404^**	.479^**	.484^**	1	−.072	.055	.026	.029	−.068	.010
Nurse Manager Ability Leadership & Support (NMALS)	−.164^*	.034	.118	.040	.069	−.072	1	.367^**	.075	.359^**	.280^**	.382^**
Nurse-Physician Relation (NPR)	−.243^**	.027	.232^**	.031	.042	.055	.367^**	1	.409^**	.892^**	.749^**	.936^**
Nurses’ Participation in Hospital Affairs (NPHA)	−.538**	.060	.104	.044	.051	.026	.075	.409^**	1	.464^**	.380^**	.468^**
Staffing and Resource Adequacy (SRA)	−.517^**	.033	.242^**	.027	.039	.029	.359^**	.892^**	.464^**	1	.801^**	.949^**
Nursing Foundation for Quality Care (NFQC)	−.295^**	−.051	.165^*	−.060	−.062	−.068	.280^**	.749^**	.380^**	.801^**	1	.861^**
Nursing Practice Environment (NPE)	−.338^**	.008	.237^**	.010	.018	.010	.382^**	.936^**	.468^**	.949^**	.861^**	1

^∗∗Correlation is significant at p < 0.01 level (2-tailed). ^∗Correlation is significant at p < 0.05 level
“Nurse Manager Ability, Leadership and Support, Nurse-Physician Relation, Nurses’ Participation in Hospital Affairs, Staffing and Resource Adequacy, and Nursing Foundation for Quality Care” are sub-scales of PES-NWI

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