Table 4.

Predictors of the burnout dimension emotional exhaustion.

	Bivariate			Multivariate
	Beta value	CI	P value	Beta value	CI	P value
Profession1	−0.08	−0.33–0.18	0.560
Gender2	0.13	−0.09–0.35	0.259
Experience3	−0.00	−0.02–0.01	0.757
Department4
Medical	−0.22	−0.40 to −0.03	0.021
Cardiac	−0.07	−0.27 to −0.13	0.479
Job satisfaction	−0.02	−0.03 to −0.01	<0.001	−0.01	−0.02 to −0.01	<0.001
Job stress	0.50	0.39–0.62	<0.001	0.43	0.32–0.55	<0.001
Personality (BCI)5
Neuroticism	0.06	0.03–0.10	0.001
Extroversion	−0.01	−0.05–0.02	0.405
Control	−0.03	−0.01–0.07	0.107

Bivariate and multivariate linear regression analyses of variables associated with the burnout dimension emotional exhaustion. ¹Profession: 1: nurse, 2: physician, ²Gender: 1: male, 2: female, ³Experience: 1: inexperienced, 2: experienced, ⁴Department: 1: general ICU, 2: medical ICU, and 3: cardiac ICU, and ⁵BCI: basic character inventory.

Bold data refer to significant values in the analyses (P < 0.05).