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Table 3 Factors that were significantly associated with personal burnout (N = 245)

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

Factor

Unadjusted

Adjusted

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

Personal Factors

 Female sex

2.3

1.3–3.9

0.002

3.6

1.8–7.3

< 0.001

 Presence of chronic disease

2.7

1.3–5.8

0.006

4.0

1.5–11.0

0.007

 High frequency of unhealthy habits

2.1

1.2–3.5

0.007

3.3

1.6–6.7

0.001

 High frequency of healthy habits

0.2

0.1–0.4

< 0.001

0.2

0.1–0.5

< 0.001

Family related factors

 Parent/Parents being doctors

2.1

1.0–4.4

0.046

2.8

1.1–6.8

0.028

Occupation-related factors

      

 High home-work demands

2.7

1.4–5.0

0.002

2.9

1.3–6.2

0.008

 High emotional demands

3.6

2.0–6.5

< 0.001

3.4

1.7–7.1

0.001

 High Job resources

0.6

0.3–0.9

0.031

   

Training-related factors

 Satisfied with relevance of training, in daily clinical practice

0.6

0.33–0.97

0.039

   

 Satisfied with accessibility to educational resources

0.6

0.34–0.97

0.036

   

 Satisfaction with opportunities for skill development

0.5

0.3–0.8

0.009

0.4

0.2–0.9

0.019

 Satisfied with opportunities to develop clinical judgment

0.5

0.3–0.9

0.029

   

 Satisfied with time allocated for research

0.4

0.2–0.8

0.005

   

 Satisfied with overall training

0.4

0.2–0.8

0.006

   

 Good time management

0.4

0.2–0.7

0.001

   

Frequent use of deep approaches when studying

0.3

0.2–0.5

< 0.001

0.2

0.1–0.5

< 0.001