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. 2023 Oct 13;14:1261105. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1261105

Table 1.

Basic characteristics of participants.

Variable Number Percentage
Sex Male 155 50.8
Female 150 49.2
Education level MD, Ph.D. (Doctorate) 192 63
Doctorate > 113 37
Work experience
(In years)
5> 133 43.6
5–10 110 36.1
>10 62 20.3
Job category Physicians1 110 36.1
Nursing Categories2 126 41.3
Others3 69 22.6
Hiring status Official 55 18
Contractual employment 123 40.4
Temporary 127 41.6
Marriage status Single 113 37
Married 192 63
Mental illness History Yes 76 24.9
No 229 75.1
Direct exposure Yes 263 86.2
No 42 13.8
Shift type Day 108 35.4
Night 60 19.7
Cycling (Day and Night) 137 44.9
Shift number in months 8 ≥ 137 44.9
> 8 168 55.1
Income (in Million Rial*) ≥ 100 139 45.6
100 > 166 54.4
SI No 238 78
Yes 67 22
EE No 92 30.2
Yes 213 69.8
DP No 198 64.9
Yes 107 35.1
PA No 161 52.8
Yes 144 47.2

Suicide Ideation (SI), Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Depersonalization (DP), Personal Accomplishment (PA), Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) (Academic Doctorate other than MD).

Cutoff values for SI:0) > 0YES), EE: 18 (>18Yes, DP: (>5YES), PA: 40 (40 > Yes).

1

Refers to all types of physicians (general and specialist- including medical interns and residents).

2

Refers to all nursing categories (nurses, care assistants, etc.).

3

Refers to all Hospital personnel other than physicians and nurses.

*

Rial is the currency of Iran) an income of 100 million rials per month is considered the average income of an average urban family in terms of economic ability in Tehran, the capital of Iran).

The equivalent value of Rial is 0.000002 US dollars.