Table 1.
Comparison of demographic characteristics and scores of mental health between non-burnout and burnout groups
| Variables | Total (n=1795) |
Non-burnout (n=1072) |
Burnout (n=723) |
P value |
| Age (years) | 36.7±8.2 | 37.0±8.2 | 36.3±8.1 | 0.094 |
| Sex (male) | 360 (20.1) | 228 (21.3) | 132 (18.3) | 0.118 |
| Education | 0.203 | |||
| High school | 13 (0.7) | 10 (0.9) | 3 (0.4) | |
| College | 1496 (83.3) | 882 (82.3) | 614 (84.9) | |
| Graduate and above | 286 (15.9) | 180 (16.8) | 106 (14.7) | |
| Occupation | <0.001 | |||
| Doctor | 357 (19.9) | 247 (23.0) | 110 (15.2) | |
| Nurse | 1064 (59.3) | 588 (54.9) | 476 (65.8) | |
| Pharmacist | 20 (1.1) | 8 (0.8) | 12 (1.7) | |
| Medical technologist | 93 (5.2) | 56 (5.2) | 36 (5.1) | |
| Medical radiation technologist | 91 (5.1) | 55 (5.1) | 36 (5.0) | |
| Division at hospital | <0.001 | |||
| Internal medicine | 477 (26.6) | 266 (24.8) | 211 (29.2) | |
| Surgery | 197 (11.0) | 111 (10.4) | 86 (11.9) | |
| Obstetrics and gynaecology | 66 (3.7) | 46 (4.3) | 20 (2.8) | |
| Paediatrics | 82 (4.6) | 59 (5.5) | 23 (3.2) | |
| Emergency medicine | 265 (14.7) | 142 (13.3) | 123 (17.0) | |
| Otolaryngology | 19 (1.1) | 16 (1.5) | 3 (0.4) | |
| Anaesthesiology | 36 (2.01) | 18 (1.68) | 18 (2.49) | |
| Family medicine | 35 (2.0) | 29 (2.7) | 6 (0.8) | |
| Radiology | 85 (4.7) | 49 (4.6) | 36 (5.0) | |
| ACC division | 778 (43.3) | 426 (39.7) | 352 (48.7) | <0.001 |
| Seniority (years) | 12.5±8.0 | 12.5±8.2 | 12.6±7.8 | 0.791 |
| Contact with suspicious illness | 669 (37.3) | 335 (31.3) | 334 (46.2) | <0.001 |
| ASDS scores | 39.5±8.0 | 36.72±9.0 | 43.68±11.2 | <0.001 |
| Dissociative disorder (%) | 880 (49.0) | 491 (45.8) | 389 (53.8) | <0.001 |
| Acute stress disorder (%) | 595 (33.2) | 290 (27.1) | 305 (42.2) | <0.001 |
| STAI-6 scores | 55.3±12.4 | 51.7±11.7 | 60.6±11.6 | <0.001 |
| Mild anxiety (%) | 185 (10.3) | 149 (13.9) | 36 (5.0) | <0.001 |
| Moderate anxiety (%) | 209 (11.6) | 158 (14.7) | 51 (7.1) | |
| Severe anxiety (%) | 1401 (78.1) | 765 (71.4) | 636 (88.0) | |
| CES-D-10 scores | 9.5±6.3 | 6.6±4.6 | 13.9±6.0 | <0.001 |
| Depressive disorder (%) | 817 (45.5) | 259 (24.2) | 558 (77.2) | <0.001 |
ACC, acute and critical care; ASDS, Acute Stress Disorder Scale; CES-D-10, 10-item version of Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; STAI-6, 6-item version of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.