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. 2020 Dec 3;8:590190. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.590190

Table 3.

Association between demographic characteristics and other risk factors with different BOS domains.

Factors EE DP PA
Mean SD P Mean SD P Mean SD P
Sex
Male 18.6 13.1 0.01$ 7.58 6.27 0.35 18 10.5 0.42
Female 22.8 13.3 6.82 6 19.08 9.88
Marital status
Married 19.9 12.9 0.24 6.8 5.89 0.17 18.33 9.64 0.68
Other 22.3 14.1 8.07 6.61 19 11.4
Comorbidity
No 20.2 13.3 0.27 7.05 6.12 0.46 18.3 10.2 0.42
Yes 22.7 13.6 7.82 6.25 19.6 10.2
Smoking habits
Non smoker 20.7 13.1 0.84 7.08 6.02 0.48 18.4 10.1 0.69
Smoker 20.1 14.9 8.07 6.96 19.3 10.9
Having children
No 21.8 14 0.38 7.96 6.45 0.18 17.9 11.2 0.51
Yes 20.1 13 6.79 5.94 18.87 9.62
Work in isolation hospital
No 19.7 12.4 0.13 6.84 5.89 0.21 18.2 10.7 0.49
Yes 22.9 15.1 8.01 6.62 19.19 8.87
Work in isolation hospital ICU
No 19.4 12.6 0.007$ 6.82 5.9 0.06 18.2 10.3 0.2
Yes 27.1 15.3 9.14 7 20.42 9.42
Work in triage hospital
No 21.1 13.8 0.53 7.04 5.95 0.6 17.8 9.25 0.17
Yes 19.9 12.4 7.51 6.51 19.9 11.7
Buying PPE from his/her own money
No 15.1 11.1 <0.001$ 5.36 5.27 0.004$ 16.91 9.61 0.14
Yes 22.6 13.5 7.86 6.31 19.1 10.4
Watching mortality of patients from COVID-19 at workplace
No 20.3 13.2 0.55 6.77 5.77 0.12 18.5 10.3 0.96
Yes 21.5 13.7 8.33 6.93 18.57 9.87
Satisfaction with the cure rate of COVID-19 patients
No 20.6 12.5 0.97 6.89 5.86 0.31 17.52 9.66 0.04$
Yes 20.7 14.9 7.82 6.65 20.6 11
Satisfaction with the treatment protocol for COVID-19 patients
No 20.9 13 0.69 7.26 6.12 0.81 17.85 9.8 0.13
Yes 20.1 14.2 7.05 6.23 20.2 11
Satisfaction with the coordination between triage and isolation hospitals
No 20.8 13.5 0.76 7.2 6.13 0.98 17.99 9.53 0.25
Yes 20.2 13 7.19 6.21 20.2 12
Harassment by patients' families during work with COVID-19 Patients
No 18.9 12.6 <0.001$ 6.3 5.44 0.001$ 17.87 9.76 0.09
Yes 27.3 14.2 10.51 7.39 21 11.4
Colleagues infected with COVID-19
No 18.2 12.7 0.02$ 6.29 6.06 0.07 17.6 10.5 0.25
Yes 22.4 13.6 7.82 6.14 19.19 9.96
Relatives infected with COVID-19
No 20.5 13.4 0.35 7.02 6.06 0.09 18.6 10.2 0.84
Yes 24.6 11.4 11.88 6.88 17.88 9.4
Colleagues or relatives died from COVID-19
No 20.6 13.4 0.57 7.09 6.12 0.27 18.8 10.3 0.04$
Yes 23.1 13.4 9.5 6.49 13.2 7.28
r P r P R P
Age −0.13 0.05* −0.13 0.05* 0.21 0.004*
Years of work −0.06 0.35 −0.11 0.10 0.22 0.003*
Hours of work per week 0.04 0.60 0.06 0.35 0.06 0.394
*

BOS, burnout syndrome; PPE, Personal protective equipment; EE, emotional exhaustion; DP, Depersonalization; PA, professional achievement.

$

Independent t-test, P considered significant if ≤ 0.05,

**

Pearson correlation coefficient, the sign before “r” denote the direction of relationship, P ≤ 0.05 considered significant.