Table 2.
Risk of burnout among nurses and EMS workers by gender
| Nurses | Emergency medical services (EMS) workers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) dimensions | Female (n = 2685) |
Male (n = 484) |
Total (n = 3169) |
Female (n = 139) |
Male (n = 885) |
Total (n = 1024) |
| Emotional exhaustion (EE) | ||||||
| High risk of burnout in % | 23.8 | 26.4 | 24.2 | 26.6 | 25.6 | 25.8 |
| Moderate risk of burnout in % | 34.5 | 31.0 | 33.9 | 30.2 | 30.5 | 30.5 |
| Low risk of burnout in % | 41.7 | 42.6 | 41.8 | 43.2 | 43.8 | 43.8 |
| Sum in % | ∑ = 100 | ∑ = 100 | ∑ = 100 | ∑ = 100 | ∑ = 100 | ∑ = 100 |
| Depersonalization (DP) | ||||||
| High risk of burnout in % | 29.9 | 44.2 | 32.1 | 33.8 | 40.5 | 39.6 |
| Moderate risk of burnout in % | 26.3 | 26.2 | 26.3 | 36.7 | 34.5 | 34.8 |
| Low risk of burnout in % | 43.8 | 29.5 | 41.7 | 29.5 | 25.1 | 25.7 |
| Sum in % | ∑ = 100 | ∑ = 100 | ∑ = 100 | ∑ = 100 | ∑ = 100 | ∑ = 100 |