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. 2021 Oct 26;46(1):1–9. doi: 10.1007/s00268-021-06351-6

Table 5 .

Association between COVID-related experiences and perceptions and dimensions of burnout

Characteristics (n, %) High emotional exhaustion High depersonalisation Low personal accomplishment 
Have you had COVID-19? (n = 586) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Yes (142, 24.2%) 86 (60.5) 67 (47.2) 18 (12.7)
No (444, 75.8%) 247(55.6) 219 (49.3) 68 (15.3)
χ2, df, p value 1.067, 1, p = 0.302 0.197 1, p = 0.657 0.599, 1, p = 0.439
V 0.038 0.020 0.036
Impact of COVID-19 on work (n = 585)
Large (391, 66.8%) 249 (63.7) 211 (54.0) 59 (15.1)
Moderate (150, 25.6%) 65 (43.3) 54 (36.0) 20 (13.3)
Small (44,7.6%) 17 (38.6) 20 (45.5) 7 (15.9)
χ2, df, p value 25.7, 2, p < 0.001 14.2, 2, p = 0.001 0.322, 2, p = 0.851
V  0.213 0.161 0.030
Worry about getting COVID-19a (n = 588)
High (51, 8.7%) 39 (76.5) 33 (64.7) 15 (29.4)
Moderate (297, 50.5%) 174 (58.6) 150 (50.5) 43 (14.5)
Low (240, 40.8%) 123 (51.5) 105 (43.8) 28 (11.7)
χ2, df, p value 11.4, 2, p < 0.01 6.3, 3, p = 0.019 10.7, p < 0.01
V  0.135 0.105 0.138
Worry about friends and family getting COVID-19a (n = 588)
High (129, 21.9%) 99 (76.7) 87 (67.4) 32 (24.8)
Moderate (399, 67.9%) 208(52.1) 170 (42.6) 46 (11.5)
Low (60, 10.2%) 28 (46.6) 30 (50.0) 8 (13.3)
χ2, df, p value 27.0, 2, p < 0.001 24.1, 2, p < 0.01 13.9, 2, p = 0.001
V 0.209 0.202 0.148

aResponses categorised: ‘low’ = “I am not worried…”; moderate = “I occasionally worried…”; high = “I spend much or most of my time worrying …”