Table 2.
The association between socio-demographic variables and burnout (n = 343).
| Variable | Frequency | Coping adequately n (%) |
Suffering from work stress n (%) |
Possible burnout n (%) |
Probable burnout n (%) |
Chi-square statistics (df) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group (years) | 17.500 (12) | 0.132 | |||||
| ≤ 30 | 115 | 9 (7.8) | 42 (36.5) | 39 (33.9) | 25 (21.8) | ||
| 31-40 | 120 | 4 (3.3) | 42 (35.0) | 45 (37.5) | 29 (24.2) | ||
| 41-50 | 62 | 4 (6.4) | 29 (46.8) | 16 (25.8) | 13 (21.0) | ||
| 51-60 | 34 | 4 (11.8) | 17 (50.0) | 8 (23.5) | 5 (14.7) | ||
| ≥ 61 | 12 | 2 (16.7) | 8 (66.6) | 2 (16.7) | 0 (0) | ||
| Gender | 2.785 (3) | 0.426 | |||||
| Male | 85 | 9 (10.6) | 32 (37.6) | 27 (31.8) | 17 (20.0) | ||
| Female | 258 | 14 (5.4) | 106 (41.1) | 83 (32.2) | 55 (21.3) | ||
| Ethnic group | 18.861 (9) | 0.026 | |||||
| Malay | 190 | 9 (4.7) | 73 (38.4) | 67 (35.3) | 41 (21.6) | ||
| Chinese | 90 | 10 (11.1) | 33 (36.7) | 28 (31.1) | 19 (21.1) | ||
| Indian | 52 | 2 (3.8) | 29 (55.8) | 9 (17.3) | 12 (23.1) | ||
| Others | 11 | 2 (18.2) | 3 (27.3) | 6 (54.5) | 0 (0) | ||
| Marital status | 9.922 (3) | 0.019 | |||||
| Married | 258 | 12 (4.6) | 105 (40.7) | 90 (34.9) | 51 (19.8) | ||
| Single | 85 | 11 (13.0) | 33 (38.8) | 20 (23.5) | 21 (24.7) | ||
| Current job position | 14.043 (9) | 0.121 | |||||
| Medical officer | 64 | 9 (14.1) | 23 (35.9) | 21 (32.8) | 11 (17.2) | ||
| Specialist | 59 | 3 (5.1) | 30 (50.8) | 18 (30.5) | 8 (13.6) | ||
| Nurse | 121 | 8 (6.6) | 45 (37.2) | 42 (34.7) | 26 (21.5) | ||
| Nurse with post-basic | 99 | 3 (3.0) | 40 (40.4) | 29 (29.3) | 27 (27.3) | ||
| Length of being disaster relief volunteer (years) | 6.356 (9) | 0.703 | |||||
| ≤ 1 | 80 | 4 (5.0) | 37 (46.3) | 28 (35.0) | 11 (13.7) | ||
| 2-5 | 190 | 12 (6.3) | 75 (39.5) | 58 (30.5) | 45 (23.7) | ||
| 6-9 | 49 | 5 (10.2) | 16 (32.7) | 16 (32.7) | 12 (24.4) | ||
| ≥ 10 | 24 | 2 (8.3) | 10 (41.7) | 8 (33.3) | 4 (16.7) | ||
| Formal course on disaster management | 6.704 (3) | 0.082 | |||||
| Yes | 145 | 9 (6.2) | 65 (44.8) | 36 (24.8) | 35 (24.2) | ||
| No | 198 | 14 (7.1) | 73 (36.8) | 74 (37.4) | 37 (18.7) | ||
| Attended debriefing session in disaster relief work | 0.967 (3) | 0.809 | |||||
| Yes | 209 | 12 (5.7) | 86 (41.1) | 66 (31.6) | 45 (21.5) | ||
| No | 134 | 11 (8.2) | 52 (38.8) | 44 (32.8) | 27 (20.2) | ||
| If yes, indicate the time of the debriefing (n = 209) | 15.469 (6) | 0.017 | |||||
| During trip | 53 | 3 (5.6) | 21 (39.6) | 18 (34) | 11 (20.8) | ||
| Post trip | 98 | 9 (9.2) | 30 (30.6) | 32 (32.7) | 27 (27.5) | ||
| Both | 58 | 1 (1.8) | 35 (60.3) | 14 (24.1) | 8 (13.8) | ||
| Frequency of involvement in disaster relief work | 26.192 (9) | 0.002 | |||||
| 1 time | 179 | 11 (6.1) | 77 (43.1) | 63 (35.2) | 28 (15.6) | ||
| 2–5 times | 153 | 8 (5.2) | 58 (37.9) | 45 (29.4) | 42 (27.5) | ||
| 6–9 times | 6 | 2 (33.3) | 2 (33.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (33.4) | ||
| ≥ 10 times | 5 | 2 (40.0) | 1 (20.0) | 2 (40.0) | 0 (0) |