Table 4.
Response rates to “Depersonalization” items among after-hours, house call doctors in Australia
| Depersonalization items | Never + Few times Per Year (%) | Once per month Or less + Few times per Month (%) | Once Per Week + Few Times per Week + Everyday (%) | Mean: out of 6 (95 %CI) | Standard Error (SE) of Mean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Treats patients Impersonally (Valid 140) | 114 (85.0) | 11 (7.9) | 10 (7.2) | 0.66 (0.42–.91) | 0.12 |
| 2 | Became Callous to Patients (Valid 140) | 122 (86.9) | 12 (8.6) | 6 (4.3) | 0.58 (0.35–.80) | 0.11 |
| 3 | Became Emotionally Hardened (Valid 140) | 123 (87.9) | 9 (6.4) | 8 (5.7) | 0.68 (0.45–.90) | 0.11 |
| 4 | Does not care what happens to Patients (Valid 140) | 129 (92.1) | 5 (3.6) | 6 (4.3) | 0.41 (0.21–.68) | 0.10 |
| 5 | Feels blamed by Patients (Valid 140) | 120 (85.9) | 7 (5.0) | 13 (9.3) | 0.82 (0.56–.07) | 0.13 |
| TOTALS (%) | 613 (87.6) | 44 (6.3) | 43 (6.1) | 3.15 |