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. 2009 Sep 10;9:333. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-333

Table 3.

Scores on the three burnout dimensions: comparison with other studies of teachers in Europe

N Population Localization Reference Emotional exhaustion
mean (sd)
Depersonalization
mean (sd)
Personal accomplishment
mean (sd)
2,258 Teachers France Present study 18.1 (10.2) 3.3 (3.7) 31.2 (8.6)
100 Primary school teachers United Kingdom [13] 23.4 (10.3) 4.6 (4.3) 37.2 (6.4)
365 Mathematics teachers Netherlands [14] 14.0 (8.1) 5.6 (3.5) 27.3 (6.4)
100 Primary and secondary school teachers Greece [15] 15.0 (8.4) 3.9 (3.4) 39.7 (5.4)
217 Teachers France [29] 15.0* 4.5* 30.6*
299 Representative sample of teachers Italy [29] 18.5* 3.1* 33.9*
304 Secondary school teachers Netherlands [34] 18.2 (1.2) 5.6 (5.4) 34.7 (7.4)
215 id Greece [35] 14.5 (10.3) 2.9 (3.7) 37.4 (8.0)
169 id Italy [36] 20.0 (13.1) 2.3 (3.7) 35.8 (8.1)
198 id Spain [37] 21.2 (11.1) 3.6 (4.1) 31.9 (9.2)
297 id Germany [38] 18.5 (9.6) 4.2 (4.4) 32.5 (8.0)
232 id Finland [39] 19.5 (10.6) 3.6 (3.9) 32.8 (8.0)
166 id United Kingdom [40] 28.5 (11.9) 8.6 (6.6) 29.0 (8.5)
128 id Belgium [41] 20.4 (13.3) 4.2 (4.1) 31.3 (9.2)

*Standard deviation not available

sd: standard deviation