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. 2018 Jun 9;8(6):e019525. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019525

Table 2.

Burnout, job satisfaction, workplace violence, perceived organisational support and turnover intention according to general characteristics

Characteristics Burnout Job satisfaction Workplace violence Perceived organisational support Turnover intention
M±SD M±SD M±SD M±SD M±SD
Gender
 Male 6.23±3.34 3.54±0.55 3.15±3.92 3.27±0.57 2.30±0.71
 Female 6.53±3.08 3.52±0.54 2.11±2.60 3.10±0.64 2.40±0.60
F/t −0.757 0.256 8.931** 1.991* −1.263
Age group (years)
 ≤30 6.58±3.03 3.54±0.54 1.81±2.38 3.13±0.64 2.44±0.61
 31–50 6.53±3.16 3.50±0.55 2.36±2.73 3.07±0.65 2.39±0.60
 ≥51 5.80±3.07 3.55±0.52 3.97±4.09 3.14±0.57 2.04±0.56
F/t 2.040 1.672 26.537** 1.986 14.144**
Level of education
 Below undergraduate 6.62±3.01 3.52±0.54 1.96±2.45 3.11±0.61 2.38±0.63
 Undergraduate 6.48±3.13 3.53±0.55 2.26±2.77 3.10±0.65 2.42±0.58
 Master’s degree or above 5.54±3.40 3.58±0.54 2.58±3.76 3.27±0.78 2.08±0.61
F/t 1.737 0.202 3.161* 0.888 4.468*
Marital status
 Married 6.45±3.12 3.52±0.54 2.25±2.69 3.10±0.65 2.38±0.60
 Single/divorced/widowed 6.65±3.03 3.53±0.56 1.96±2.61 3.12±0.63 2.43±0.61
F/t −1.304 −0.203 4.789* −0.843 −1.658
Professional title
 Primary title 6.67±3.04 3.53±0.54 1.90±2.38 3.11±0.65 2.45±0.60
 Intermediate title 6.42±3.17 3.49±0.56 2.57±3.05 3.07±0.62 2.31±0.61
 Senior title 4.87±2.77 3.70±0.50 2.86±3.34 3.25±0.68 2.17±0.59
F/t 12.077** 4.781** 14.412** 2.735 15.543**
Employment form
 Long-term employee 6.71±3.30 3.48±0.57 2.46±2.80 3.05±0.65 2.32±0.60
 Temporary employee 6.40±2.94 3.55±0.52 1.93±2.55 3.14±0.63 2.45±0.61
F/t 2.025* −2.460* 16.717** −2.779** −4.377**
Department
 Emergency department 6.51±3.21 3.51±0.60 2.60±3.05 3.12±0.70 2.37±0.63
 Internal medicine 6.40±3.06 3.55±0.55 1.90±2.38 3.15±0.64 2.38±0.60
 Surgery 6.73±3.05 3.50±0.54 2.00±2.47 3.05±0.63 2.45±0.59
 Obstetrics and gynaecology 6.19±2.71 3.54±0.50 2.65±3.31 3.13±0.58 2.44±0.56
 Paediatrics 7.09±3.23 3.47±0.51 2.40±2.76 3.08±0.64 2.35±0.67
 ENT 5.87±3.20 3.56±0.48 1.74±2.31 3.12±0.62 2.25±0.54
 Other 6.36±3.13 3.55±0.55 2.58±3.29 3.11±0.57 2.32±0.66
F/t 1.938 0.639 3.905* 1.211 2.234*
Years of experience
 ≤4 6.26±2.78 3.60±0.51 1.70±2.56 3.21±0.58 2.37±0.57
 5–10 6.88±3.18 3.49±0.55 2.22±2.65 3.06±0.67 2.49±0.63
 11–20 6.75±3.10 3.45±0.58 2.28±2.54 3.04±0.67 2.46±0.59
 ≥21 5.94±3.33 3.53±0.53 2.66±2.92 3.08±0.65 2.18±0.58
F/t 7.859** 6.249** 8.745** 6.690** 18.233**
Daily working hours
 ≤8 6.08±3.01 3.65±0.51 2.20±2.96 3.25±0.69 2.24±0.59
 8–10 6.53±3.09 3.52±0.55 2.09±2.55 3.10±0.64 2.41±0.60
 10–12 6.73±2.95 3.45±0.49 2.06±2.78 3.05±0.57 2.42±0.64
 ≥12 7.11±3.71 3.49±0.58 4.14±4.58 3.10±0.62 2.37±0.68
F/t 1.415 3.096* 7.195** 2.229 2.826*

*P<0.05, **p<0.01.

ENT, ear, nose and throat; M, mean.