TABLE 1.
Variable/instrument | Content of the instrument | Data type |
Primary outcome variables | ||
(1) Demographics ◆ Self-report items |
Age, gender, marital status, family composition, education and professional qualification, religious belief | Ordinal and Nominal |
(2) Work burnout ◆ Copenhagen Burnout Inventory-Chinese Version (Fong et al., 2014) |
19-item self-report scale with 3 sub-scales: personal burnout, work-related burnout, and client-related burnout | Interval |
(3) Work engagement ◆ C-UWES (Fong and Ng, 2012) |
9-item self-report scale with 3 factors: Vigor, Dedication, and Absorption | Interval |
Secondary outcome variables | ||
(1) Multiple somatic symptoms ◆ Physical Distress subscale of the Body-Mind-Spirit Well-Being Inventory (Ng et al., 2005) |
14-item self-report scale | Interval |
(2) Positive affect ◆ Positive Affect subscale of the Body-Mind-Spirit Well-Being Inventory (Ng et al., 2005) |
8-item self-report scale | Interval |
(3) Negative affect ◆ Negative Affect subscale of the Body-Mind-Spirit Well-Being Inventory (Ng et al., 2005) |
11-item self-report scale | Interval |
(4) Daily spiritual experience ◆ Chinese Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (Ng et al., 2009a) |
16-item self-report scale | Interval |
(5) Collective psychological ownership ◆ Chinese Collective psychological ownership Scale (Ng and Su, 2018) |
7-item self-report scale | Interval |
(6) Worker behavior ◆ Self-report items |
Overtime hours, sick days taken off from work and injuries at work in the past month | Interval and ordinal |