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. 2026 Jul 13;13:1856607. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1856607

Table 5.

Parameters associated with burnout syndrome and its dimensions among physicians.

Sociodemographic Characteristic and work-related burnout N Emotional Exhaustion Depersonalization Personal accomplishment
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
Age
25–35 373 2.35 ± 0.69 2.35 ± 0.69 1.62 ± 0.822
36–45 285 2.36 ± 0.72 2.26 ± 0.772 1.48 ± 0.75
>46 73 1.98 ± 0.75 1.98 ± 0.754 1.24 ± 0.64
p-value 0.001 0.001 0.001
Sex
Male 284 2.39 ± 0.66 2.61 ± 0.14 1.58 ± 0.83
Female 447 2.27 ±. 74 2.86 ± 0.34 1.49 ± 0.75
p-value 0.032 0.974 0.153
Marital status
Single 270 2.43 ± 0.674 2.88 ± 0.31 1.57 ± 0.81
Married 444 2.25 ± 0.737 2.85 ± 0.35 1.49 ± 0.76
Divorced 13 2.38 ± 0.767 2.84 ± 0.37 1.92 ± 0.86
Widow 4 2.00 ± 717 2.75 ± 0.50 2.00 ± 1.15
p-value 0.011 0.083 0.086
Vacation days in the last 12 months
0–30 days 651 2.32 ± 0.709 2.86 ± 0.338 1.53 ± 0.792
31–60 days 48 2.22 ± 0.778 2.79 ± 0.410 1.47 ± 0.743
61–90 days 17 2.58 ± 0.618 2.88 ± 0.332 1.76 ± 0.903
>91 days 15 2.20 ± 0.941 2.86 ± 0.351 1.33 ± 0.617
p-value 0.309 0.522 0.449
Specialist
Medicine 223 2.41 ± 0.710 2.91 ± 0.273 1.52 ± 0.798
Surgery 111 2.40 ± 0.679 2.83 ± 0.370 1.45 ± 0.759
ICU and anesthesia 127 2.51 ± 0.640 2.89 ± 304 1.70 ± 0.846
Obstetric and gynecology 86 2.10 ± 0.669 2.88 ± 0.322 1.60 ± 0.801
Pediatric 71 2.14 ± 0.780 2.80 ± 0.400 1.40 ± 0.708
Radiology 20 2.60 ± 0.598 3.00 ± 0.001 1.80 ± 0.833
Ophthalmology 40 2.00 ± 0.716 2.75 ± 0.438 1.30 ± 0.648
Dermatology 31 2.12 ± 0.763 2.67 ± 0.475 1.38 ± 0.715
ENT 7 1.85 ± 0.899 2.71 ± 0.487 1.71 ± 0.951
Community medicine 7 2.42 ± 0.534 2.71 ± 0.487 1.42 ± 0.786
Pathology 8 1.50 ± 0.534 2.62 ± 0.517 1.37 ± 0.744
p-value 0.001 0.001 0.059