Table 3. Association between burnout and burnout components with socio-demographic characteristics and the involvement in extracurricular activities (n=249).
Variable | Count | Low PE | High EX | High CY | High Burnout | |||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Gender | Male | 168 | 105 | 62.5 | 96 | 57.1 | 108 | 64.3 | 116 | 69.0 |
Female | 81 | 45 | 55.6 | 50 | 61.7 | 47 | 58.0 | 51 | 63.0 | |
p-value | 0.29 | 0.49 | 0.34 | 0.34 | ||||||
Age (years) | 20-23 | 200 | 120 | 60.0 | 116 | 58.0 | 121 | 60.5 | 131 | 65.5 |
≥24 | 46 | 28 | 60.9 | 27 | 58.7 | 31 | 67.4 | 33 | 71.7 | |
p-value | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.39 | 0.42 | ||||||
Grade point average (out of 5) | <4.50 | 103 | 72 | 69.9 | 62 | 60.2 | 65 | 63.1 | 73 | 70.9 |
≥4.50 | 140 | 74 | 52.9 | 79 | 56.4 | 85 | 60.7 | 88 | 62.9 | |
p-value | 0.007* | 0.56 | 0.70 | 0.19 | ||||||
Academic year | 1st year | 97 | 54 | 55.7 | 64 | 66.0 | 62 | 63.9 | 64 | 66.0 |
2nd year | 58 | 35 | 60.3 | 32 | 55.2 | 40 | 69.0 | 40 | 69.0 | |
3rd year | 50 | 34 | 68.0 | 25 | 50.0 | 22 | 44.0 | 31 | 62.0 | |
4th year | 44 | 27 | 61.4 | 25 | 56.8 | 31 | 70.5 | 32 | 72.7 | |
p-value | 0.55 | 0.26 | 0.02* | 0.71 | ||||||
Stream | I | 222 | 135 | 60.8 | 132 | 59.5 | 138 | 62.2 | 150 | 67.6 |
II | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 14 | 51.9 | 17 | 63.0 | 17 | 63.0 | |
p-value | 0.60 | 0.45 | 0.93 | 0.63 | ||||||
Physician in family | No | 133 | 82 | 61.7 | 69 | 51.9 | 72 | 54.1 | 87 | 65.4 |
Yes | 116 | 68 | 58.6 | 77 | 66.4 | 83 | 71.6 | 80 | 69.0 | |
p-value | 0.63 | 0.02* | 0.005* | 0.55 | ||||||
The frequency of involvement in extracurricular activities† | None | 66 | 47 | 71.2 | 41 | 62.1 | 44 | 66.7 | 47 | 71.2 |
1-3 | 105 | 62 | 59.0 | 57 | 54.3 | 64 | 61.0 | 65 | 61.9 | |
≥4 | 78 | 41 | 52.6 | 48 | 61.5 | 47 | 60.3 | 55 | 70.5 | |
p-value | 0.07 | 0.49 | 0.69 | 0.33 | ||||||
Organizing extracurricular activities† | No | 137 | 93 | 67.9 | 82 | 59.9 | 86 | 62.8 | 92 | 67.2 |
Yes | 112 | 57 | 50.9 | 64 | 57.1 | 69 | 61.6 | 75 | 67.0 | |
p-value | 0.006* | 0.67 | 0.85 | 0.97 |
Key: PE - professional efficacy; EX – exhaustion; CY - cynicism Stream I – undergraduates; Stream II – postgraduates †During the past three months *Significant at p value < 0.05; p values were calculated using the Pearson chi-square