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. 2017 Apr 28;114(17):291–297. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2017.0291

Table 1. Patient characteristics.

Number of
sick days
Emotional
exhaustion
(MBI)
Depersonalization (MBI) Personal
accomplishment
(MBI)
Depression
(PHQ)
Anxiety
(GAD-7)
Somatization
(PHQ)
n mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) mean SD)
All patients 225 7.3 (13.4) 3.5 (1.1) 2.8 (1.1) 4.9 (0.7) 6.7 (4.6) 5.6 (4.6) 12.9 (5.8)
Sex
Female 122 6.9 (13.2) 3.5 (1.1) 2.6 (1.1) 5.0 (0.6) 6.5 (4.4) 6.0 (4.7) 9.6 (4.9)
Male 103 7.7 (13.7) 3.5 (1.0) 3.0 (1.1) 4.9 (0.7) 6.9 (4.8) 5.0 (4.4) 16.8 (4.2)
p-value 0.103 0.627 0.046 0.416 0.516 0.110 <0.001
Living with a partner
Yes 162 7.8 (15.0) 3.5 (1.1) 2.8 (1.1) 4.9 (0.6) 6.6 (4.4) 5.6 (4.6) 15.8 (5.7)
No 61 6.0 (8.1) 3.5 (1.0) 2.9 (1.2) 5.0 (0.7) 6.9 (5.0) 5.4 (4.8) 13.1 (6.2)
p-value 0.860 0.902 0.539 0.475 0.715 0.608 0.770
Education
≥ 10 years 74 5.1 (5.3) 3.5 (1.0) 2.7 (1.1) 5.0 (0.6) 6.4 (4.4) 6.4 (5.0) 12.5 (5.7)
≤ 10 years 149 8.4 (15.9) 3.5 (1.1) 2.8 (1.2) 4.9 (0.7) 6.8 (4.7) 5.2 (4.4) 13.1 (5.9)
p-value 0.046 0.680 0.485 0.295 0.743 0.054 0.673

SD, standard deviation; MBI, Maslach Burnout Inventory; PHQ, Patient Health Questionnaire; GAD-7, 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale

Mean differences were calculated using the Mann–Whitney U test