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. 2021 Nov 3;95(5):1079–1090. doi: 10.1007/s00420-021-01814-8

Table 2.

Comparison of results of Mean ± SD between physicians and nurses in results by work-related stress questionnaire (WRS), Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS), and total errors of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in the hospital (WCST-during) and post-hospital stay (WCST-post)

Physicians (N = 50) Nurses (N = 31) P value
Mean SD Mean SD
WRSa 124.94 10.160 143.8 5.523  < 0.001*
MBI-EEb 26.46 6.158 31.74 6.099  < 0.001*
MBI-PAc 33.02 4.804 29.96 5.935 0.009*
MBI-DPd 16.32 7.229 19.45 5.321 0.014*
Mean SD Median Range Mean SD Median Range
Experience (years) 12.24 9.895 4 1–14 7.60 7.925 19 7–34 0.009*
WCST-duringe 2.37 1.918 2 0–8 8.40 3.500 9 3–15  < 0.001*
WCST-postf 1.00 1.822 1 0–12 4.27 2.803 4 0–12  < 0.001*

*P value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant

aWork-related stress questionnaire

bMaslach Burnout Inventory for the module of Emotional Exhaustion

cMaslach Burnout Inventory for the module of Personal Achievement

dMaslach Burnout Inventory for the module of Depersonalization

eWisconsin Card Sorting Test during hospital work

fWisconsin Card Sorting Test during after 2 weeks of home isolation