Table 1.
Participants’ sociodemographic characteristics and burnout scores
| All N (%) |
Men N (%) |
Women N (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | 259 (100) | 47 (18) | 212 (82) |
| Age, years | 34 (14) | 31.5 (8.3) | 35 (12) |
| Work duration, years | 10 (13.3) | 6.5 (11) | 10 (15) |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 86 (33) | 15 (32) | 71 (33) |
| Married | 147 (57) | 28 (60) | 119 (56) |
| Divorced | 26 (10) | 4 (8) | 22 (11) |
| Education | |||
| High school | 28 (11) | 0 (0) | 28 (13)* |
| College | 83 (32) | 5 (11) | 78 (37)* |
| University | 120 (46) | 31 (66) | 89 (42)* |
| Academic degree | 28 (11) | 11 (23) | 17 (8)* |
| Smoking | |||
| Never smokers | 204 (79) | 19 (40) | 183 (86)* |
| Ex-smokers | 29 (11) | 11 (23) | 19 (9)* |
| Daily smokers | 26 (10) | 17 (37) | 10 (5)* |
| Alcohol | |||
| Never | 173 (67) | 21 (45) | 152 (72)* |
| Once a week or less | 78 (30) | 22 (47) | 56 (26)* |
| More than once a week | 8 (3) | 4 (8) | 4 (2)* |
| Regular physical activity | 89 (34) | 30 (64) | 59 (28)* |
| FSS | 27 (22) | 24.9 ± 10.6 | 28 (23) |
| Burnout dimensions | |||
| Emotional exhaustion | 18 (15) | 15 (15) | 19 (15) |
| Depersonalization | 12 (9) | 12 (8) | 12 (9) |
| Personal accomplishment | 40 (15) | 41 (11) | 40 (14) |
Note: Age, work duration, FSS and three dimensions of burnout scores are presented as either means±standard deviation or median with the corresponding interquartile range (in brackets) depending on the distribution; FSS – Fatigue Severity Score; * - p < 0.05 compared to men from either χ2 or Mann-Whitney tests