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. 2017 Jun 12;8:98. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00098

Table 5.

Anamnestic, related to the earthquake experience, social functioning variables, and the sample’s levels of stress according to the absence/presence of high burnout as percentages (%) or mean values with SDs and their association with high burnout by univariate logistic regression.

High burnout
Univariate logistic regression
Total No Yes p-Value* OR 95% CI p-Value


N = 284 n = 218 n = 66
Direct exposure to the L’Aquila earthquake 0.142
 Noa 160 (56.34) 128 (58.72) 32 (48.48) 1
 Yes 124 (43.66) 90 (41.28) 34 (51.52) 3.05 1.70–5.46 0.001
Grief 0.069
 Noa 236 (83.10) 186 (85.32) 50 (75.76) 1
 Yes 48 (16.90) 32 (14.68) 16 (24.24) 1.86 0.95–3.66 0.072
Psychological history 0.218
 Noa 114 (40.43) 92 (42.40) 22 (33.85) 1
 Yes 168 (59.57) 125 (57.60) 43 (66.15) 1.44 0.81–2.57 0.219
Help request 0.497
 Noa 56 (25.69) 45 (26.79) 11 (22.00) 1
 Yes 162 (74.31) 123 (73.21) 39 (78.00) 1.30 0.61–2.75 0.497
Treatment 0.931
 Noa 227 (79.93) 174 (79.82) 53 (80.30) 1
 Yes 57 (20.07) 44 (20.18) 13 (19.70) 0.97 0.49–1.94 0.931
Social functioning 0.001
 Gooda 40 (14.13) 32 (14.75) 8 (12.12) 1
 Moderate 229 (80.92) 180 (82.95) 49 (74.24) 1.09 0.47–2.51 0.842
 Nothing 14 (4.95) 5 (2.30) 9 (13.64) 7.20 1.89–27.49 0.004
GHQ-12 <0.001
 Normal level of stressa 135 (47.54) 124 (56.88) 11 (16.67) 1
 Presence of stress 91 (32.04) 73 (33.49) 18 (27.27) 2.78 1.24–6.21 0.013
 Pathological distress with psychological aftermath 58 (20.42) 21 (9.63) 37 (56.06) 19.86 8.78–44.95 <0.001

aReference category.

2 test or χ2 test for trend.