Table 2.
Psychological characteristics of general practitioners.
| Baseline (n = 182) |
Follow-up (n = 182) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perceived stress scale [mean (SD)] [missing = 2] | 14.3 (7.2) | 14.3 (7.5) | 0.77 |
| Impact of Event scale [mean (SD)] [missing = 11] | 14.5 (14.3) | 11.6 (12.7) | 0.07 |
| Post-traumatic stress symptoms [n (%)] | 18 (10.5) | 14 (8.2) | 0.55 |
| Emotional exhaustiona [mean (SD)] | 23.2 (11.4) | 26.3 (13.2) | 0.007 |
| Low [n (%)] | 73 (41.7) | 58 (32.4) | |
| Middle burnout symptoms [n (%)] | 59 (33.7) | 57 (31.8) | |
| High [n (%)] | 43 (24.6) | 64 (35.7) | 0.09 |
| Depersonalisationa [mean (SD)] | 11.4 (5.5) | 12.2 (5.8) | 0.32 |
| Low [n (%)] | 15 (8.6) | 9 (5.0) | |
| Middle burnout symptoms [n (%)] | 90 (51.4) | 84 (46.9) | |
| High [n (%)] | 70 (40.0) | 86 (48.0) | 0.87 |
| Personal accomplishmenta [mean (SD)] | 51.0 (5.9) | 47.1 (6.9) | 0.005 |
| Low [n (%)] | 165 (95.4) | 159 (88.8) | |
| Middle burnout symptoms [n (%)] | 5 (2.9) | 15 (8.4) | |
| High [n (%)] | 3 (1.7) | 5 (2.8) | 0.61 |
| GSE [mean (SD)] | 33.4 (5.1) | 33.0 (5.0) | 0.38 |
GSE: General Self-Efficacy scale; SD: standard deviation.
a
Maslach Burnout Inventory, missing answer = 3. Sample size is reduced to general practitioners with available information both at baseline and 4-month follow-up.