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The Effect of Coping Skills Training on Burnout and Self-Efficacy among Maternity Ward Staff in Kerman: A Quasi-Experimental Study
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Naser Mohammadi Ahmadabadi    , Parvin Salari Chineh , Shahrzad Sanjari * , Allah Nazar Alisofi , Mostafa Hosseini Mehr , Mohammad Reza Mohammadi Soleimani |
| Dept. of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Geriatric Care Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran & Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences , sh.sanjari@rums.ac.ir |
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Background & aim: The nursing and midwifery professions in maternity wards are considered high-stress occupations and are associated with elevated risk of job burnout and low self-efficacy. This study aimed to investigate the effect of coping skills training on job burnout and self-efficacy among staff working in public maternity wards in Kerman.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design was conducted in 2025. The target population included all nurses and midwives employed in public maternity wards in Kerman. A total of 30 participants were selected using purposive sampling and randomly assigned to intervention (n=15) and control (n=15) groups through block randomization. The intervention group received coping skills training in ten 90-minute sessions, while the control group received routine care only. Data were collected using the Job Burnout Questionnaire and the Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale, and were analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA and MANCOVA).
Results: After controlling for pretest scores, coping skills training significantly reduced overall job burnout (P<0.001, ES = 0.723) and all subscale dimensions, including emotional (P<0.001, ES = 0.416), work-related (P<0.001, ES = 0.494), family (P = 0.012, ES = 0.245), physical (P = 0.018, ES = 0.220), and financial burnout (P = 0.047, ES = 0.161) in the intervention group compared to the control group. The intervention also significantly increased overall occupational self-efficacy (P<0.001, ES = 0.777) and all dimensions, including individual self-efficacy beliefs (P<0.001, ES = 0.566), individual outcome expectations (P<0.001, ES = 0.477), collective efficacy beliefs (P = 0.001, ES = 0.381), and collective outcome expectations (P = 0.001, ES = 0.373) in the experimental group.
Conclusion: Coping skills training is an effective intervention for reducing burnout and improving self-efficacy among nurses and midwives in public maternity wards. Given the small sample size and single-city setting, findings should be interpreted with caution, and larger multicenter studies are warranted. |
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| Keywords: Coping Skills, Occupational Burnout, Self-Efficacy, Maternity Ward. |
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Received: 2026/03/30 | Accepted: 2026/07/26 | Published: 2026/08/15
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