Table 6.

Association of self-reported patient care practices with personal, work-related and client-related burnout among the postgraduate doctors (N=245)

Self-reported patient care statements	Personal burnout		Work-related burnout		Client-related burnout
	Present	Absent	Present	Absent	Present	Absent
‘I discharged patients to make the ward more manageable’ (N = 204)a	43 (52.4%)	55 (45.1%)	29 (50.0%)	69 (47.3%)	12 (60.0%)	86 (46.7%)
	OR = 1.3 (0.8–2.3) P = 0.302		OR = 1.1 (0.6–2.0) P = 0.724		OR = 1.7 (0.7–4.4) P = 0.260
‘I did not fully discuss treatment options or answer a patient’s/ patient’s parent’s questions’	34 (33.3%)	38 (26.6%)	25 (33.3%)	47 (27.6%)	11 (50.0%)	61 (27.4%)
	OR = 1.4 (0.8–2.4) P = 0.252		OR = 1.3 (0.7–2.3) P = 0.368		OR = 2.7 (1.1–6.4) P = 0.026
‘I ordered more laboratory or radiology tests because I was so busy’ (N = 204)a	16 (19.5%)	23 (18.9%)	12 (20.7%)	27 (18.5%)	8 (40.0%)	31 (16.8%)
	OR = 1.0 (0.5–2.1) P = 0.906		OR = 1.1 (0.5–2.5) P = 0.719		OR = 3.3 (1.2–8.7) P = 0.028
‘I did not treat a patient’s pain in a timely manner’	21 (20.6%)	20 (14.0%)	15 (20.0%)	26 (15.3%)	10 (45.5%)	31 (13.9%)
	OR = 1.6 (0.8–3.1) P = 0.172		OR = 1.4 (0.7–2.8) P = 0.363		OR = 5.2 (2.0–13.0) P = < 0.001
‘I did not communicate important information during handoff to my colleague’	22 (21.6%)	23 (16.1%)	16 (21.3%)	29 (17.1%)	9 (40.9%)	36 (16.1%)
	OR = 1.4 (0.7–2.7) P = 0.274		OR = 1.3 (0.7–2.6) P = 0.426		OR = 3.6 (1.4–9.0) P = 0.01
‘I did not discuss a patient’s treatment plan with the patient’s appropriate nursing or ancillary staff’	38 (37.3%)	40 (28.0%)	27 (36.0%)	51 (30.0%)	11 (50.0%)	67 (30.0%)
	OR = 1.5 (0.9–2.6) P = 0.124		OR = 1.3 (0.7–2.3) P = 0.353		OR = 2.3 (1.0–5.6) P = 0.055

^aAnaesthesia trainees and Emergency Medicine trainees undergoing Anaesthesia appointment were excluded since they are not involved in these practices

ORs and p values shown in bold print indicate patient care practices that were significantly (p < 0.05) associated with burnout