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Table 1 Demographic and occupational characteristics of participating residents and associations (Pearson’s chi squared tests) between demographic, occupational and quality of life characteristics and burnout

From: Resident burnout: evaluating the role of the learning environment

 

Total number of participating residents (% of total)

Number of residents with burnout (% of total)

p-value of difference in burnout rate per characteristic

Gender

 Male

96 (40.7)

45 (46.9)

 

 Female

140 (59,3)

53 (37.9)

 
   

0.17

Years in training

 1

52 (22.2)

22 (42.3)

 

 2

23 (9.7)

11 (47.8)

 

 3

31 (13.1)

8 (25.8)

 

 4

50 (21.2)

24 (48.0)

 

 5

45 (19.1)

18 (40.0)

 

 6

25 (10.6)

11 (44.0)

 

 7

8 (3.4)

2 (25.0)

 
   

0.49

Type of specialty

 Surgical

57 (24.2)

26 (45.6)

 

 Medical

144 (61.0)

59 (41.0)

 

 Supportive

34 (14.4)

12 (35.3)

 

 missing

1 (0.4)

  
   

0.62

Satisfaction with work/life balance

 Very dissatisfied

31 (13.1)

21 (67.7)

 

 Dissatisfied

4 (1.7)

2 (50.0)

 

 Neutral

69 (29.2)

14 (20.3)

 

 Satisfied

130 (55.1)

61 (46.9)

 

 Very satisfied

2 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

 
   

< 0.001

Quality of life

 As bad as it can be

12 (5.1)

10 (83.3)

 

 Bad

59 (25.0)

37 (62.7)

 

 Neutral

79 (33.5)

37 (46.8)

 

 Good

77 (32.6)

14 (18.2)

 

 As good as it can be

9 (3.8)

0 (0.0)

 
   

< 0.001

Burned outa

98 (41.5)

  

 Emotionally exhaustedb

125 (53.0)

  

 Depersonalizedb

125 (53.0)

  

 Reduced personal accomplishmentb

60 (23.4)

  
  1. aRepresents a high score (>75th percentile of reference group, Schaufeli ea.) on emotional exhaustion, combined with a high score on depersonalization and/or a low score (<25th percentile of reference group) on personal accomplishment
  2. bCut-off scores are determined as >75th percentile of the reference group (Schaufeli ea.) for emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and < 25th percentile of the reference group for reduced personal accomplishment