Job Satisfaction, Burnout, and Depression Among Healthcare Workers in Home Health Care Services in Turkey: Professional Group Differences and Associated Factors

Introduction: Identifying factors associated with job satisfaction among home health care workers can help identify high-risk health professionals and provide evidence-based data for interventions to improve working conditions. Objective: To investigate professional group differences in job satisfaction, burnout, and depression, and to identify factors associated with job satisfaction among healthcare workers in home health care services. Methods: In Turkey, the Istanbul Provincial Health Directorate, which has 200 healthcare workers, conducted the study with 177 people from its home health services unit. Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Job Satisfaction Scale were used. In this cross-sectional study, data were collected online. Results: There was a significant difference between professions in terms of emotional burnout, depression, and job satisfaction scores, with nurses being the most disadvantaged group in all 3 categories. According to the regression model, job satisfaction decreased as the depression score (β = −.020, P = .008) and emotional burnout (β = −.024, P = .006) increased, while it increased as the personal accomplishment score increased (β = .019, P = .016). Job satisfaction was also higher among those who were more likely to recommend their profession to others (β = .124, P = .031). Conclusion: The fact that nurses are the most disadvantaged group regarding burnout and depression, as well as job satisfaction, should be taken into consideration in workforce and work planning for home health care services. The inverse relationship between depression and burnout with job satisfaction reveals the connection between healthcare professionals’ mental health and their working life.