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Table 2 Prevalence and distribution of personal burnout, work related burnout and client related burnout among the postgraduate doctors

From: Burnout among postgraduate doctors in Colombo: prevalence, associated factors and association with self-reported patient care

Type of Burnout Mean Score (SD) Prevalencea (95% CI)
Personal burnout 48.6 (16.2) 41.6% (35.5 – 47.8%)
Work-related burnout 42.9 (15.9) 30.6% (24.8–36.4%)
Client -related burnout 31.8 (15.7) 8.9% (5.4–12.5%)
  1. aA score of 50 was taken as the cut off for presence of burnout in each scale [21, 32]
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