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. 2025 Nov 20;23:66. doi: 10.1186/s12960-025-01026-y

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