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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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