Table 1.
Relationships of subjects’ personal characteristics with three dimensions of burnout
| Variables | Subtotal | Emotional exhaustion |
Depersonalization |
Professional efficacy (inversely calculated) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | |||
| Mean±SD, median | 21.1±5.8, 21 | 9.7±4.7, 10 | 13.6±5.6, 14 | |||||
| Age | ||||||||
| <30 yr | 138 (59.7) | 64 (46.4) | 74 (53.6) | 59 (42.8) | 79 (57.2) | 63 (45.7) | 75 (54.3) | |
| 30–39 yr | 59 (25.5) | 31 (52.5) | 28 (47.5) | 32 (54.2) | 27 (45.8) | 33 (55.9) | 26 (44.1) | |
| ≥40 yr | 34 (14.7) | 23 (67.6) | 11 (32.4) | 23 (67.6) | 11 (32.4) | 25 (73.5) | 9 (26.5) | |
| Duration of employment (current hospital) | ||||||||
| <4 yr | 79 (34.2) | 38 (48.1) | 41 (51.8) | 36 (45.5) | 43 (54.4) | 24 (30.3) | 55 (69.6) | |
| 4–9 yr | 79 (34.2) | 39 (49.3) | 40 (50.6) | 35 (44.3) | 44 (55.6) | 50 (63.2) | 29 (36.7) | |
| ≥10 yr | 73 (31.6) | 41 (56.1) | 32 (43.8) | 43 (58.9) | 30 (41.0) | 47 (64.3) | 26 (35.6) | |
| Type of household | ||||||||
| Living alone | 104 (45.0) | 59 (56.7) | 45 (43.2) | 60 (57.6) | 44 (42.3) | 62 (59.6) | 42 (40.3) | |
| With family | 127 (55.0) | 59 (46.4) | 68 (53.5) | 54 (42.5) | 73 (57.4) | 59 (46.4) | 68 (53.5) | |
| Department | ||||||||
| General ward | 147 (63.6) | 72 (48.9) | 75 (51.0) | 79 (53.7) | 68 (46.2) | 82 (55.7) | 65 (44.2) | |
| ER/ICU | 84 (36.4) | 46 (54.7) | 38 (45.2) | 35 (41.6) | 49 (58.3) | 39 (46.4) | 45 (53.5) | |
| Exercise | ||||||||
| ≤1 per week | 184 (79.7) | 87 (47.2) | 97 (52.7) | 90 (48.9) | 94 (51.0) | 98 (53.2) | 86 (46.7) | |
| >1 per week | 47 (20.3) | 31 (65.9) | 16 (34.0) | 24 (51.0) | 23 (48.9) | 23 (48.9) | 24 (51.0) | |
| Job rank | ||||||||
| Staff | 202 (87.4) | 98 (48.5) | 104 (51.4) | 95 (47.1) | 107(52.9) | 100 (49.5) | 102 (50.4) | |
| Manager | 29 (12.6) | 20 (68.9) | 9 (31.1) | 19 (65.5) | 10 (34.4) | 21 (72.4) | 8 (27.5) | |
| Drink | ||||||||
| ≤2 per week | 120 (51.9) | 63 (52.5) | 57 (47.5) | 63 (52.5) | 57 (47.5) | 68 (56.6) | 52 (43.3) | |
| >2 per week | 111 (48.1) | 55 (49.5) | 56 (50.4) | 51 (45.9) | 60 (54.1) | 53 (47.7) | 58 (52.2) | |
| House income | ||||||||
| <3 million KRW | 99 (42.9) | 45 (45.4) | 54 (54.5) | 39 (39.3) | 60 (60.6) | 45 (45.4) | 54 (54.5) | |
| 3–5 million KRW | 69 (29.9) | 37 (53.6) | 32 (46.3) | 38 (55.1) | 31 (44.9) | 40 (57.9) | 29 (42.1) | |
| ≥5 million KRW | 63 (27.3) | 36 (57.1) | 27 (42.8) | 37 (58.7) | 26 (41.2) | 36 (57.1) | 27 (42.8) | |
| Total | 231 (100.0) | 118 (51.1) | 113 (48.9) | 114 (49.4) | 117 (50.6) | 121 (52.4) | 110 (47.6) | |
Values are presented as number (%) unless otherwise indicated. SD, standard deviation; ER, emergency room; ICU, intensive care unit