Table 1.
Relationships among demographic characteristics, burnout, body mass index, and hypertension for workers in elderly welfare facilities.
| Normal blood pressure | Prehypertension | Hypertension | ||
| Characteristics | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P |
| Total | 81 (33.5) | 125 (51.6) | 36 (14.9) | |
| Sex | .013 | |||
| Female | 66 (37.1) | 92 (51.7) | 20 (11.2) | |
| Male | 15 (23.4) | 33 (51.6) | 16 (25.0) | |
| Age (years) | .005 | |||
| 23–44 | 32 (48.5) | 27 (40.9) | 7 (10.6) | |
| 45–54 | 27 (37.5) | 33 (45.8) | 12 (16.7) | |
| ≥ 55 | 22 (21.2) | 65 (62.5) | 17 (16.3) | |
| Education level | .003 | |||
| College or above | 32 (41.0) | 36 (46.2) | 10 (12.8) | |
| Senior high school/vocational high school or junior college | 43 (37.4) | 52 (45.2) | 20 (17.4) | |
| Junior high school or lower | 6 (12.2) | 37 (75.5) | 6 (12.2) | |
| Type of work shifts | .027 | |||
| Fixed shift | 62 (38.3) | 74 (45.7) | 26 (16.0) | |
| Rotating shift | 19 (23.8) | 51 (63.7) | 10 (12.5) | |
| Nurse assistants | .669 | |||
| No | 45 (31.5) | 75 (52.4) | 23 (16.1) | |
| Yes | 36 (36.4) | 50 (50.5) | 13 (13.1) | |
| Personal burnout | .799 | |||
| Mild | 62 (33.5) | 97 (52.4) | 26 (14.1) | |
| Moderate or severe | 19 (33.3) | 28 (49.1) | 10 (17.5) | |
| Work-related burnout | .023 | |||
| Mild | 68 (36.2) | 98 (52.1) | 22 (11.7) | |
| Moderate or severe | 13 (24.1) | 27 (50.0) | 14 (25.9) | |
| BMI | .001 | |||
| Healthy | 50 (45.9) | 50 (45.9) | 9 (8.3) | |
| Overweight | 19 (27.9) | 36 (52.9) | 13 (19.1) | |
| Obese | 12 (18.5) | 39 (60.0) | 14 (21.5) |
BMI = body mass index.