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. 2012 Jun 18;2(3):e001050. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001050

Table 1.

Main characteristics of the participants

Variables All Men Women Test
Age 54.5 (9.0) 55.0 (5.0) 53.0 (13.0) 1813.0***
n=148 n=67 n=81
Years of professional activity 29.0 (10.3) 30.0 (4.0) 28.0 (5.0) 2103.0*
n=150 n=67 n=83
Hours of work per week 42.0 (3.0) 42.0 (3.4) 42.0 (2.0) 2744.0ns
n=150 n=68 n=82
Hours of contact with patients per day 7.0 (1.5) 7.0 (1.6) 7.0 (1.6) 2201.0ns
n=138 n=61 n=77
Emotional exhaustion score 16.0 (19.0) 17.0 (22.0) 14.5 (16.3) 2584.5ns
Depersonalisation score 4.0 (5.0) 6.0 (6.8) 3.0 (5.8) 2078.0*
Personal accomplishment score 41.0 (8.0) 42.5 (8.0) 40.0 (8.0) 2206.0*

*p<0.05, ***p<0.001.

Results are expressed as median (interquartile interval) or number (percentage) of the total subjects. Comparisons performed with Mann–Whitney non-parametric test for quantitative data and by χ2 for qualitative data.

ns, not significant.