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. 2021 May 11;9:667379. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.667379

Table 2.

Focus on burnout as measured with the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) scale: analysis of categorical socio-demographic features and test results (n, % column).

BURNOUT
N = 653 MBI—EE MBI—D MBI—PA
Cut-off, N Low Medium High p Low Medium High p Low Medium High p
N = 653 (100%) N = 318 N = 207 N = 128 N = 91 N = 289 N = 273 N = 38 N = 182 N = 433
Gender Males 210 (32%) 120 (38%) 54 (26%) 36 (28%) 0.011
Females 443 (68%) 198 (62%) 153 (74%) 92 (72%)
Cat HW Medical Doctors/Physicianss 286 (44%) 31 (34%) 136 (47%) 119 (44%) 0.002
Residents in trainings 99 (15%) 8 (9%) 41 (14%) 50 (18%)
Nurses 137 (21%) 33 (36%) 60 (21%) 44 (16%)
Other 131 (20%) 19 (21%) 52 (18%) 60 (22%)
BAI Minimum 579 (89%) 312 (98%) 180 (87%) 87 (68%) <0.001 90 (99%) 276 (96%) 213 (78%) <0.001
Medium 58 (9%) 6 (2%) 25 (12%) 31 (24%) 1 (1%) 13 (4%) 48 (18%)
High 12 (2%) 0 (0%) 2 (1%) 10 (8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 12 (4%)
BDI Minimal 471 (72%) 285 (90%) 133 (64%) 53 (41%) <0.001 80 (88%) 231 (80%) 160 (59%) <0.001 30 (79%) 149 (82%) 292 (67%) 0.02
Low 104 (16%) 25 (8%) 48 (23%) 31 (24%) 8 (9%) 38 (13%) 58 (21%) 4 (11%) 19 (10%) 81 (19%)
Moderate 51 (8%) 7 (2%) 20 (10%) 24 (19%) 3 (3%) 17 (6%) 31 (11%) 3 (8%) 10 (5%) 38 (9%)
High 27 (4%) 1 (0%) 6 (3%) 20 (16%) 0 (0%) 3 (1%) 24 (9%) 1 (3%) 4 (2%) 22 (5%)
IES Subclinical 207 (32%) 139 (44%) 45 (22%) 23 (18%) <0.001 39 (43%) 99 (34%) 69 (25%) <0.001
Mild 213 (32%) 104 (33%) 66 (32%) 43 (34%) 29 (32%) 96 (33%) 88 (32%)
Moderate 148(23%) 50 (16%) 66 (32%) 32 (25%) 14 (15%) 66 (23%) 68 (25%)
Severe 85 (13%) 25 (8%) 30 (14%) 30 (23%) 9 (10%) 28 (10%) 48 (18%)
GHQ No problem 53 (8%) 42 (13%) 8 (4%) 3 (2%) <0.001 10 (11%) 31 (11%) 12 (4%) <0.001 3 (8%) 20 (11%) 30 (7%) 0.01
Some problems 330 (51%) 196 (62%) 102 (49%) 32 (25%) 55 (60%) 158 (55%) 117 (43%) 22 (58%) 105 (58%) 203 (47%)
Several problems 270 (41%) 80 (25%) 97 (47%) 93 (73%) 26 (29%) 100 (35%) 144 (53%) 13 (34%) 57 (31%) 200 (46%)

Only statistically significant differences (p <0.05) are shown.

HCWS, Healthcare Worker; MBI, Maslach Burnout Inventory; EE, Emotional Exhaustion; D, Depersonalization; PA, Personal Accomplishment; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; IES, Impact of Event Scale; GHQ, General Health Questionnaire.

Cut-off scores

MBI—EE: Low ≤ 17, Med 18–29, High ≥30.

MBI—D: Low ≤ 05, Med 6–11, High ≥12.

MBI—PA: Low ≥40, Med 35–39, High ≤ 34.

BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY Minimum 0–21, Medium 22–35, High ≥ 36.

BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY Minimal 0–13, Mild 14–19, Moderate 20–28, Severe 29–63.

IMPACT OF EVENT SCALE Subclinical 0–8, Mild 9–25, Moderate 26-43, Severe ≥ 44.

GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE No problem 0–14, Some problems 15–19, Several problems 20–36.