TABLE 4.

Analysis of the prevalence of various burnout subscales for the three components of burnout: Comparison with the findings of Rossouw et al. for the Cape Town Metropole.

Burnout score range	OB & CW (N = 36)	Cape Town Metropole (N = 132)	p	95% CI Diff
High for any one category (EE, DP or PA)	32 (89%) 75% to 96%	111 (84%) 76% to 89%	0.602	−10% to 15%
High for EE or DP	29 (81%) 65% to 90%	100 (76%) 68% to 82%	0.659	−12% to 17%
High for EE and DP	18 (50%) 35% to 66%	55 (42%) 34% to 50%	0.449	−9% to 27%
High for EE, DP and PA	11 (31%) 18% to 47%	-	-	-
No high level for any category	4 (11%) 4% to 25%	21 (16%) 11% to 23%	0.602	−10% to 15%
Low level for all three categories (EE, DP and PA)	0 (0%) 0% to 1%	6 (5%) 2% to 10%	0.343	−5% to 10%

Source: Rossouw L, Seedat S, Emsley RA, Suliman S, Hagemeister D. The prevalence of burnout and depression in medical doctors working in the Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality community healthcare clinics and district hospitals of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape: A cross-sectional study. S Afr Fam Pract. 2013;55(6):567–573. https://doi.org/10.1080/20786204.2013.10874418

Data are presented as number (percentage), 95% confidence interval of the percentage.

OB & CW, study of seven hospitals in the rural Overberg District and Cape Winelands District of the Western Cape (this study); EE, emotional exhaustion; DP, depersonalisation; PA, personal accomplishment.

p, p-value for Fisher’s exact test; 95% CI Diff, 95% confidence interval for the difference between proportions (rural vs. Cape Town Metropole).