Table 2.
MBI Subscale Scores and Frequency of Burnout Among PCPs Working in ANT Participating in BURNOUT2016 and COVID2020 Surveys
| Study |
BURNOUT2016 |
COVID2020 |
BURNOUT2016 |
COVID2020 |
BURNOUT2016 |
COVID2020 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profession | PCPs, n = 179 | PCPs, n = 145 | Physicians, n = 104 | Physicians, n = 75 | Nurses, n = 75 | Nurses, n = 68 | |||
| MBI subscale scores, mean (±St.Dev.) | Pa | Pa | Pa | ||||||
| Emotional exhaustion (EE) | 13.7 (±8.1) | 12.7 (±7.2) | .200 | 14.5 (±8.7) | 13.3 (±7.6) | .470 | 12.7 (±7.0) | 11.8 (±6.5) | .306 |
| Depersonalization (DP) | 10.2 (±4.5) | 7.1 (±4.6) | <.001 | 10.4 (±4.7) | 7.0 (±4.6) | <.001 | 9.9 (±4.2) | 7.1 (±4.7) | <.001 |
| Personal accomplishment (PA) | 33.3 (±5.5) | 36.4 (±6.1) | <.001 | 33.2 (±5.3) | 36.5 (±6.2) | <.001 | 33.4 (±5.7) | 36.4 (±6.1) | <.001 |
| PCPs showing burnout symptoms, n (%)c | Pb | Pb | Pb | ||||||
| High level of EE (≥24) | 20 (11.2%) | 12 (8.4%) | .407 | 15 (14.4%) | 7 (9.2%) | .360 | 5 (6.7%) | 5 (7.5%) | .853 |
| High level of DP (≥9) | 118 (65.9%) | 37 (26.1%) | <.001 | 69 (66.3%) | 15 (19.5%) | <.001 | 49 (65.3%) | 22 (33.8%) | <.001 |
| Low level of PA (≤29) | 40 (22.3%) | 17 (11.9%) | .018 | 20 (19.2%) | 8 (10.5%) | .145 | 20 (26.7%) | 9 (13.4%) | .062 |
| PCPs showing burnout, n (%)d | Pb | Pb | Pb | ||||||
| EE > 27 and/or DP > 10 | 82 (45.8%) | 31 (22.0%) | <.001 | 46 (44.2%) | 14 (18.4%) | <.001 | 36 (48.0%) | 17 (26.2%) | .008 |
| Low level of PA (<31) | 48 (26.8%) | 25 (17.2%) | .047 | 25 (24%) | 12 (15.6%) | .176 | 23 (30.7%) | 13 (19.1%) | .124 |
ANT = National Tumor Assistance; MBI = Maslach Burnout Inventory; PCPs = palliative care professionals.
a
Statistical analysis compared the MBI subscale scores between PCPs participating to the two studies by Mann-Whitney U Test.
b
Statistical analysis compared the distribution of PCPs showing burnout symptoms between PCPs participating to the two studies by Chi square test.
c
Cutoff from the Italian Maslach manual by Sirigatti and Stefanile, 1993(19).
d
Criteria used by Shanafelt et al., 2012(20).