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. 2020 Jul 8;17(7):674–680. doi: 10.30773/pi.2020.0056

Table 4.

Relationship of gender, marital status, living with family, medical history, traumatic experience, work-related characteristics, exposure to MERS to burnout

N Disengagement
Exhaustion
M (SD) t, F/p M (SD) t, F/p (scheffe)
Sociodemographical variables
 Gender
  Female 113 18.0 (2.4) t=2.68/p=0.016 21.4 (3.4) t=3.72/p<0.001
  Male 58 17 (2.6) 19.3 (3.4)
 Job type
  Doctor1 32 18.4 (2.5) F=1.63/p=0.104 20.8 (3.3) F=6.12/p=0.006 (2>3)
  Nurse2 77 17.7 (2.4) 21.4 (3.3)
  Others3 61 17.2 (2.6) 19.6 (3.5)
 Working experience
  <3 year 51 17.2 (2.6) F=3.79/p=0.043 20.4 (3.1) F=0.27/p=0.599
  3–10 year 69 18.2 (2.5) 21.0 (3.7)
  >10 year 50 17.3 (2.3) 20.5 (3.5)
 MERS education
  Yes 149 17.6 (2.5) t=3.67/p=0.586 20.6 (3.4) t=0.98/p=0.426
  No 19 17.9 (2.6) 21.3 (4.2)
Traumatic experience
 Prior traumatic events
  Yes 36 18.1 (2.4) t=-1.66/p=0.148 21.8 (3.3) t=-2.09/p=0.023
  No 130 17.5 (2.5) 20.3 (3.4)
 Prior experience related to infection
  Yes 53 18.1 (2.1) t=-1.77/p=0.052 21.6 (3.3) t=-2.91/p=0.007
  No 112 17.3 (2.6) 20.1 (3.3)
Exposure to MERS
 Exposure without PPE
  Yes 6 18.8 (2.7) t=-1.00/p=0.231 22.8 (2.6) t=-1.93/p=0.071*
  Uncertain or no 164 17.6 (2.5) 20.6 (3.5)
 Caring with PPE
  Yes 74 18.3 (2.7) t=2.61/p=0.006 21.5 (3.7) t=-3.00/p=0.003
  No 94 17.2 (2.2) 20.0 (3.2)
 MERS like symptoms
  Yes 12 18.7 (1.9) t=2.06/p=0.147 22.5 (3.1) t=2.15/p=0.063
  No 152 17.6 (2.5) 20.6 (3.5)
 Quarantined
  Yes 5 19.4 (3.0) U=269*/p=0.289 22.2 (4.2) U=289*/p=0.210
  No 160 17.6 (2.5) 20.6 (3.5)
 Exposure to media
  Yes 125 18.0 (2.4) t=3.73/p<0.001 21 (3.4) t=2.37/p=0.014
  No 34 16.3 (2.4) 19.4 (3.3)
*

Mann-Whitney U test