Table 2.
Comparison of suicide ideation (SI) and Maslach burnout inventory subscales categories across demographic variables.
| Variable | SI | p-value | EE | p-value | DP | p-value | PA | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
| Sex | Male | 84 (52.2) | 71 (49.3) |
0.64 (Fisher) |
53 (57.6) | 102 (47.9) |
0.13 (Fisher) |
83 (52.2) | 71 (49.3) | 0.64 (Fisher) |
41 (25.5) | 35 (24.3) |
0.89 (Fisher) |
| Female | 77 (47.8) | 73 (50.7) |
39 (42.4) | 111 (52.1) |
76 (47.8) | 73 (50.7) | 120 (74.5) | 109 (75.7) |
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| Education level | MD, Ph.D. > | 96 (59.6) |
96 (66.7) |
0.23 (Fisher) |
61 (66.3) |
131 (61.5) |
0.44 (Fisher) |
128 (64.6) |
64 (59.8) |
0.45 (Fisher) |
96 (60.4) |
96 (66.7) |
0.28 (Fisher) |
| ≥ MD, Ph.D. | 65 (40.4) | 48 (33.3) |
31 (33.7) |
82 (38.5) |
70 (35.4) |
43 (40.2) |
63 (39.6) |
48 (33.3) |
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| Work experience (in years) |
5> | 77 (47.8) |
56 (38.9) |
0.11 | 31 (33.7) |
102 (47.9) |
0.04* | 81 (40.9) |
52 (48.6) |
0.12 | 77 (48.4) |
56 (38.9) |
0.09 |
| 5-10 | 58 (36.0) |
52 (36.1) |
36 (39.1) |
74 (34.7) |
70 (35.4) |
40 (37.4) |
57 (35.8) |
52 (36.1) |
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| >10 | 26 (16.1) |
36 (25.0) |
25 (27.2) |
37 (17.4) |
47 (23.7) |
15 (14) |
25 (15.7) |
36 (25) |
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| Job category | Physicians1 | 64 (39.8) |
46 (31.9) |
0.001>* | 30 (32.6) |
80 (37.6) |
0.001>* | 69 (34.8) |
41 (38.3) |
0.02* | 62 (39.0) |
46 (31.9) |
0.001>* |
| Nursing Categories2 | 75 (46.6) |
51 (35.4) |
22 (23.9) |
104 (48.8) |
75 (37.9) |
51 (47.7) |
75 (47.2) |
51 (35.4) |
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| Others3 | 22 (13.7) |
47 (32.6) |
40 (43.5) |
29 (13.6) |
54 (27.3) |
15 (14.0) |
22 (13.8) |
47 (32.6) |
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| Hiring status | Official | 26 (16.1) | 29 (20.1) |
0.6 | 26 (28.3) | 29 (13.6) |
0.006* | 39 (19.7) | 16 (15) | 0.007* | 25 (15.7) | 29 (20.1) |
0.06 |
| Contractual Employment | 75 (46.6) | 48 (33.3) |
29 (31.5) | 94 (44.1) |
67 (33.8) | 56 (52.3) | 74 (46.5) | 48 (33.3) |
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| Temporary | 60 (37.3) | 67 (46.5) |
37 (40.2) | 90 (42.3) |
92 (46.5) | 35 (32.7) | 60 (37.7) |
67 (46.5) |
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| Marriage status | Single | 71 (44.1) | 42 (29.2) |
0.009* (Fisher) |
32 (34.8) |
81 (38.0) |
0.60 (Fisher) |
73 (36.9) |
40 (37.4) |
1.00 (Fisher) |
71 (44.7) |
42 (29.2) |
0.006* (Fisher) |
| Married | 90 (55.9) | 102 (70.8) |
60 (65.2) |
132 (62.0) |
125 (63.1) |
67 (107) |
88 (55.3) |
102 (70.8) |
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| Mental illness History | Yes | 41 (25.5) | 35 (24.3) |
0.89 (fisher) |
24 (26.1) | 52 (24.4) |
0.77 (fisher) |
50 (25.3) | 26 (24.3) | 0.89 (fisher) |
41 (25.8) | 35 (24.3) | 0.79 (Fisher) |
| No | 120 (74.5) | 109 (75.7) |
68 (73.9) | 161 (75.6) |
148 (74.7) | 81 (75.7) | 118 (74.2) | 109 (75.7) | |||||
| Direct exposure | Yes | 146 (90.7) | 117 (81.3) |
0.01* (fisher) |
67 (72.8) | 196 (92.0) |
0.001>* (fisher) |
166 (83.8) | 97 (90.7) | 0.11 (Fisher) |
144 (90.6) |
117 (81.3) |
0.02* (Fisher) |
| No | 15 (9.3) | 27 (18.8) |
25 (27.2) | 17 (8.0) |
32 (16.2) | 10 (9.3) | 15 (9.4) |
27 (18.8) | |||||
| Shift type | Day | 46 (28.6) | 62 (43.1) |
0.02* | 51 (55.4) | 57 (26.8) |
0.001>* | 75 (37.9) | 33 (30.8) | 0.42 | 45 (28.3) | 62 (43.1) |
0.01* |
| Night | 38 (23.6) | 22 (15.3) |
8 (8.7) | 52 (24.4) |
36 (18.2) | 24 (22.4) | 38 (23.9) | 22 (15.3) |
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| Cycling (Day and Night) | 77 (47.8) | 60 (41.7) | 33 (35.9) | 104 (48.8) |
87 (43.9) | 50 (46.7) | 76 (47.8) | 60 (41.7) |
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| Number of shifts (in months) |
8 ≥ | 63 (39.1) | 74 (51.4) |
0.03* (Fisher) |
56 (60.9) |
81 (38.0) |
0.001>* (Fisher) |
88 (44.4) |
49 (45.8) |
0.90 (Fisher) |
62 (39.0) |
74 (51.4) |
0.03* (Fisher) |
| > 8 | 98 (60.9) |
70 (48.6) |
36 (39.1) |
132 (62.0) |
110 (55.6) |
58 (54.2) |
97 (61.0) |
70 (48.6) |
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| Income (in million) |
≥ 10 | 74 (46.0) |
65 (45.1) |
0.90 (Fisher) |
48 (52.2) |
91 (42.7) |
0.13 (Fisher) |
92 (46.5) |
47 (43.9) |
0.71 (fisher) |
72 (45.3) | 65 (45.1) |
1 (Fisher) |
| > 10 | 87 (54.0) |
79 (54.9) |
44 (47.8) |
122 (57.3) |
106 (53.5) |
60 (56.1) |
87 (54.7) | 79 (54.9) |
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Suicide Ideation (SI), Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Depersonalization (DP), Personal Accomplishment (PA), Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) (Academic Doctorates other than MD).
The data are presented as frequency (percentage) (n (%)).
Cutoff values for SI: 0) > 0YES), EE: 18 [>18Yes, DP: (>5YES), PA: 40 (40 > Yes)].
*p-values under 0.05 are considered statistically significant (based on Chi-square or Fisher’s exact tests as relevant).
Refers to all types of physicians (general and specialist).
Refers to all nursing categories (nurses, care assistants, etc.).
Refers to all Hospital personnel other than physicians and nurses.