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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2019 Jul 9;38(3):582–588. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.07.009

Table 1.

Overall data with regard to demographics, Mini Z survey items, impact of burnout and awareness/availability of supportive infrastructure.

N = 127
N Mean ± SD or N(%)
Demographics
Age 123 42.4 ± 11.0
Years in current clinical practice 123 15.6 ± 10.6
Gender • Male 123 49 (39.8%)
• Female 74 (60.2%)
Profession • Nurse 125 48 (37.8%)
• Advanced practice provider (NP/PA) 4 (3.1%)
• Physician 12 (9.4%)
• Physical therapist 1 (0.8%)
• Emergency medical services 57 (44.9%)
• Other 5 (3.9%)
Mini Z burnout survey
Overall satisfied with job (agree, strongly agree) 127 104 (81.9%)
Great deal of stress because of my job (agree, strongly agree) 125 81 (64.8%)
Symptoms of burnout (definitely burning out, symptoms won’t go away, completely burned out) 126 39 (31.0%)
Control over my workload (satisfactory, good, optimal) 127 86 (67.7%)
Time available for documentation (satisfactory, good, optimal) 125 83 (66.4%)
Work atmosphere description (very busy, hectic-chaotic) 123 48 (39.0%)
Value alignment with institution/employer leadership (agree, strongly agree) 125 76 (60.8%)
Degree patient care team works efficiently together (satisfactory, good, optimal) 125 114 (91.2%)
Amount of time spent on EMR at home (moderately high, excessive) 121 21 (17.4%)
Proficiency with EMR use (satisfactory, good, optimal) 121 103 (81.1%)
Impact of burnout and supportive infrastructure
Burnout is important to the well-being of medical professionals 127 126 (99.2%)
Burnout is a potential barrier to the provision of patient care 127 124 (97.6%)
Aware of programs designed to prevent the development of burnout in healthcare professionals 126 44 (34.9%)
Aware of programs or processes that focus on supporting healthcare practitioners who may be experiencing burnout 124 37 (29.8%)
Programs or processes designed to identify burnout readily available to you 123 19 (15.4%)
Likely to participate in program(s) designed to prevent, or support healthcare practitioners who develop burnout 125 57 (45.6%)