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

Table 5.

Correlation between results of questionnaires, Wisconsin Card Sorting test, and demographic data using Spearman’s test

Age Experience (years) WRS MBI-EE MBI-DP MBI-PA WCST-during WCST-post
Age r 0.930 0.578 0.318 0.136 − 0.057 0.650 0.615
P 0.000* 0.000* 0.004* 0.227 0.616 0.000* 0.000*
Experience (years) r 0.930 − 0.226 − 0.154 − 0.207 0.076 − 0.227 − 0.214
P 0.000* 0.042* 0.170 0.064 0.501 0.041* 0.055
WRSa r 0.578 − 0.226 0.501 0.194 − 0.312 0.815 0.634
P 0.000* 0.042* 0.000* 0.083 0.005* 0.000* 0.000*
MBI-EEb r 0.318 − 0.106 0.501 0.095 − 0.135 0.454 0.412
P 0.004* 0.346 0.000* 0.398 0.230 0.000* 0.000*
MBI-DPc r 0.136 − 0.143 0.194 0.095 − 0.393 0.272 0.219
P 0.227 0.203 0.083 0.398 0.000* 0.014* 0.050*
MBI-PAd r − 0.057 0.030 − 0.312 − 0.135 − 0.393 − 0.280 − 0.149
P 0.616 0.790 0.005* 0.230 0.000* 0.011* 0.184
WCST-duringe r 0.650 − 0.227 0.815 0.454 0.272 − 0.280 0.850
P 0.000* 0.041* 0.000* 0.000* 0.014* 0.011* 0.000*
WCST-postf r 0.615 − 0.214 0.634 0.412 0.219 − 0.149 0.850
P 0.000* 0.055 0.000* 0.000* 0.050 0.184 0.000*

r is the correlation coefficient & it ranges from − 1 to + 1,

*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