Table 2 -. Maslach Burnout Inventory subscale categorization of the study population according to occupation and data collection period. Mexico City, Mexico, 2020-2021 .
| Occupation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Physicians (n = 76) | Nurses (n = 96) | ||||||
| PRE * | PEAK † | POST ‡ | p-value | PRE * | PEAK † | POST ‡ | p-value | |
| (n = 27) | (n = 24) | (n = 25) | (n = 19) | (n = 44) | (n = 33) | |||
| Emotional exhaustion, n (%) | ||||||||
| Low | 14 (51.9) | 9 (37.5) | 13 (52.0) | 7 (36.8) | 6 (13.6) | 22 (66.7) | ||
| Moderate | 6 (22.2) | 7 (29.2) | 2 (8.0) | 4 (21.1) | 13 (29.5) | 9 (27.3) | ||
| High | 7 (25.9) | 8 (33.3) | 10 (40.0) | 0.342 ǁ | 8 (42.1) | 25 (56.8) | 2 (6.1) | <0.001 ǁ |
| Depersonalization, n (%) | ||||||||
| Low | 16 (59.3) | 11 (45.8) | 14 (56.0) | 11 (57.9) | 25 (56.8) | 29 (87.9) | ||
| Moderate | 5 (18.5) | 6 (25.0) | 5 (20.0) | 8 (42.1) | 10 (22.7) | 3 (9.1) | ||
| High | 6 (22.2) | 7 (29.2) | 6 (24.0) | 0.912 § | 0 (0.0) | 9 (20.5) | 1 (3.0) | 0.002 ǁ |
| Personal accomplishment, n (%) | ||||||||
| Low | 16 (59.3) | 13 (54.2) | 7 (28.0) | 8 (42.1) | 27 (61.4) | 19 (57.6) | ||
| Moderate | 7 (25.9) | 5 (20.8) | 10 (40.0) | 9 (47.4) | 12 (27.3) | 9 (27.3) | ||
| High | 4 (14.8) | 6 (25.0) | 8 (32.0) | 0.174 § | 2 (10.5) | 5 (11.4) | 5 (15.2) | 0.553 ǁ |
*
PRE = It denotes the pre-pandemic period;
†
PEAK = It denotes the first peak of COVID-19 hospital admissions in Mexico;
‡
POST = It denotes the period after COVID-19 care ended;
§
Frequency differences were compared with the chi-square test;
ǁǁ
Frequency differences were compared with Fisher’s exact test