Table 2.
Results of burnout and neuroendocrine indicators.
| All Participants | Biochemistry Subset | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Arid Desert Group n = 246 |
Control Group n = 574 |
p | Arid Desert Group n = 75 |
Control Group n = 96 |
p |
| Job burnout score | 43.94 ± 14.61 | 41.20 ± 15.10 | <0.001 * | 42.58 ± 12.36 | 40.31 ± 14.08 | <0.001 * |
| Emotional exhaustion | 15.34 ± 7.95 | 13.59 ± 7.12 | <0.001 * | 16.11 ± 7.23 | 13.98 ± 7.35 | <0.001 * |
| Depersonalisation | 10.17 ± 5.61 | 9.60 ± 5.21 | 0.131 | 9.89 ± 5.12 | 9.54 ± 4.97 | 0.342 |
| Reduced accomplishment | 19.62 ± 7.92 | 19.00 ± 8.24 | 0.001 * | 20.03 ± 7.98 | 19.12 ± 8.31 | <0.001 * |
| Job burnout level | 0.010 * | 0.047 * | ||||
| no burnout | 49, 19.9% | 144, 25.1% | 16, 21.3% | 25, 26.0% | ||
| mild burnout | 99, 40.2% | 256, 44.6% | 28, 37.3% | 47, 49.0% | ||
| moderate burnout | 75, 30.5% | 132, 23.0% | 24, 32.0% | 21, 21.9% | ||
| severe burnout | 23, 9.3% | 42, 7.3% | 7, 9.3% | 3, 3.1% | ||
| Neuroendocrine response | ||||||
| HSP-70 (ng/L) | 3.83 ± 1.93 | 3.67 ± 2.42 | 0.043 * | |||
| Noradrenaline (ng/L) | 3.67 ± 2.88 | 3.49 ± 2.43 | 0.165 | |||
| Serotonin (ng/L) | 3.38 ± 2.74 | 2.05 ± 0.70 | 0.314 | |||
| Cortisol (ng/mL) | 167.94 ± 87.56 | 153.09 ± 49.70 | 0.012 * | |||
| ACTH (pg/mL) | 22.61 ± 9.18 | 16.03 ± 6.40 | <0.001 * | |||