Table 3.
Meeting any CBI burnout criteria: regression analysis
| Univariate | Multivariable a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Odds ratio | 95% CI | p-value | Odds ratio | 95% CI | p-value |
| Age | 1 | 0.99–1.01 | 0.99 | |||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
| Female | 0.98 | 0.79–1.21 | 0.84 | |||
| Language | ||||||
| French | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
| German | 0.71 | 0.56–0.89 | 0.003** | |||
| Italian | 0.74 | 0.49–1.13 | 0.16 | |||
| Employment in % | 1 | 0.99–1.01 | 0.84 | |||
| Working hours per week | 1 | 0.99–1.01 | 0.72 | |||
| Night shifts per month | 1.04 | 1.01–1.08 | 0.021* | 1.05 | 1.01–1.09 | 0.015* |
| Experience | 1.01 | 1.00–1.02 | 0.08 | |||
| Title | ||||||
| BLS Driver/volunteer | 0.49 | 0.18–1.33 | 0.16 | 0.54 | 0.19–1.54 | 0.15 |
| EMT | 0.93 | 0.61–1.42 | 0.74 | 0.88 | 0.57–1.36 | 0.52 |
| Paramedic | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| Other | 0.51 | 0.30–0.87 | 0.014* | 0.51 | 0.29–0.90 | 0.020* |
| Canton collapsed by population size | ||||||
| Over One Million | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
| 500,000 to one million | 1.26 | 0.92–1.73 | 0.15 | |||
| 250,000 to 500,000 | 1.2 | 0.91–1.58 | 0.20 | |||
| Less than 250,000 | 1.15 | 0.85–1.55 | 0.36 | |||
| Canton collapsed by responses | ||||||
| Aargau | 0.88 | 0.50–1.55 | 0.66 | 0.95 | 0.53–1.68 | 0.85 |
| Basel-City | 0.64 | 0.34–1.17 | 0.15 | 0.61 | 0.33–1.14 | 0.12 |
| Bern | 0.8 | 0.55–1.17 | 0.24 | 0.81 | 0.55–1.19 | 0.28 |
| Fribourg | 1.22 | 0.68–2.17 | 0.51 | 1.2 | 0.67–2.15 | 0.54 |
| Geneva | 1.05 | 0.65–1.70 | 0.84 | 1.03 | 0.63–1.66 | 0.92 |
| Grisons | 0.63 | 0.37–1.08 | 0.09 | 0.65 | 0.38–1.12 | 0.12 |
| Neuchâtel | 2.08 | 1.19–3.65 | 0.010* | 2.35 | 1.32–4.17 | 0.004** |
| Ticino | 0.86 | 0.54–1.39 | 0.54 | 1.02 | 0.62–1.68 | 0.94 |
| Valais | 0.78 | 0.47–1.29 | 0.33 | 0.79 | 0.48–1.32 | 0.37 |
| Vaud | 1.09 | 0.73–1.61 | 0.68 | 1.10 | 0.74–1.65 | 0.63 |
| Zurich | 0.83 | 0.57–1.20 | 0.31 | 0.81 | 0.56–1.18 | 0.28 |
| Other | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| Relationship status | ||||||
| Single | 0.95 | 0.70–1.27 | 0.71 | |||
| In a stable relationship | 0.91 | 0.71–1.16 | 0.44 | |||
| Married | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
| Divorced | 1.64 | 1.03–2.61 | 0.036* | |||
| Widowed/other | 1.15 | 0.57–2.30 | 0.70 | |||
| Partner working as a healthcare professional | ||||||
| Yes | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
| No | 0.91 | 0.72–1.14 | 0.40 | |||
| Not applicable | 1.06 | 0.74–1.51 | 0.76 | |||
| Children | ||||||
| Yes | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| No | 0.8 | 0.65–0.99 | 0.036* | 0.77 | 0.62–0.96 | 0.021* |
aVariables removed at univariate stage: age, gender, employment, working hours per week, canton collapsed by population size, and partner working as a healthcare professional; variables removed during backward stepwise regression: language, experience, and relationship status
HEMS Helicopter emergency medical services, ICU Intensive care unit, BLS Basic life support, EMT Emergency medical technician
Levels of significance: * for p <0.05; ** for p <0.01; *** for p <0.001