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. 2025 Dec 12;13:1706598. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1706598

Table 2.

Work-related characteristics with MBI subscale scores (n = 408).

Characteristic n (%) EE Mean DP Mean PA Mean
Working days per week
5 days 38 (9.3) 33.26 14.74 30.03
6 days 332 (81.4) 36.53 15.31 29.19
7 days 38 (9.3) 28.82 8.84 30.00
P value2 p < 0.01* p < 0.001* p > 0.05
Working hours per day
<8 h 10 (2.5) 20.80 8.00 20.80
8 h 152 (37.3) 33.12 13.70 28.97
9 h 176 (43.1) 38.93 16.20 29.93
10 h 43 (10.5) 38.00 16.19 29.74
11 h 6 (1.5) 26.50 11.00 23.67
≥12 h 21 (5.1) 28.57 9.67 31.95
P value2 p < 0.001* p < 0.001* p < 0.05*
Pharmacy type
Chain pharmacy 357 (87.5) 36.13 14.91 29.75
Independent pharmacy 51 (12.5) 31.10 12.88 26.51
P value1 p < 0.05* p > 0.05 p > 0.05
Number of pharmacists
1–2 170 (41.7) 35.13 13.97 29.14
3–4 186 (45.6) 36.27 15.09 29.34
5–6 34 (8.3) 34.26 14.97 31.06
> 6 18 (4.4) 33.44 16.06 28.00
P value2 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05
Patients served per day
10–30 42 (10.3) 29.95 10.19 26.64
31–60 65 (15.9) 32.46 13.65 29.74
61–100 86 (21.1) 36.90 14.97 30.55
>100 215 (52.7) 36.95 15.71 29.27
P value2 p < 0.01* p < 0.001* p > 0.05
Students trained (Last 6 months)
None 214 (52.4) 36.57 14.66 29.34
1–2 132 (32.4) 34.93 14.97 29.35
≥3 62 (15.2) 33.05 13.97 29.32
P value2 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05
Night shift assignment
Yes 357 (87.5) 35.59 14.91 29.36
No 51 (12.5) 34.88 12.90 29.20
P value1 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05
Sales pressure frequency
Always 208 (51.0) 40.53 16.92 29.21
Often 76 (18.6) 34.86 14.30 31.30
Sometimes 88 (21.6) 28.74 11.61 28.26
Rarely 18 (4.4) 22.44 9.06 29.11
Never 18 (4.4) 26.28 10.50 28.06
P value2 p < 0.001* p < 0.001* p > 0.05
Number of pharmacy assistants
0 150 (36.8) 35.16 14.67 28.92
1 149 (36.5) 35.37 14.48 29.76
2–4 98 (24.0) 36.76 15.00 30.14
≥5 11 (2.7) 26.64 12.18 26.45
P value2 p > 0.05 p > 0.05 p > 0.05
Profession change likelihood (Next 5 years)
Very likely 169 (41.4) 40.27 16.09 29.63
Somewhat likely 87 (21.3) 33.99 12.56 30.23
Neither likely nor unlikely 70 (17.2) 30.67 13.24 29.06
Somewhat unlikely 37 (9.1) 29.43 14.00 27.00
Very unlikely 45 (11.0) 33.07 16.04 28.89
P value2 p < 0.001* p < 0.05* p > 0.05

EE, emotional exhaustion; DP, depersonalization; PA, personal accomplishment.

*Statistically significant.

1Independent t-test.

2ANOVA.