Table 4.

Univariate analysis of risk factors of dimensions of professional quality of life (n=167).

Risk factors	Total burnout		Compassion fatigue		Compassion satisfaction
	mean SD	p-value	mean SD	p-value	mean SD	p-value
Gender
Male	80.41(15.28)	0.249 a	28.25(6.60)	0.016*	35.10(8.07)	0.259
Female	76.83(19.43)		30.83(6.79)		33.80(6.75)
Residence
Rural	71.88(23.17)	0.431a	26.75(6.96)	0.198	30.75(7.25)	0.157
Urban	78.61(17.62)		29.93(6.79)		34.51(7.30)
Marital status
Single	82.33(18.70)	0.020 a*	29.67(6.70)	0.879	31.39(8.44)	0.000*
Married or widow	75.96(17.08)		29.84(6.91)		36.02(6.01)
Educational level Bachelor's degree
Master's degree	80.45(20.30)	0.144 b	30.38(5.77)	0.003*	33.27(7.73)	0.001*
Doctorate degree	79.86(15.02)		31.82(7.20)		32.16(7.76)
Medical or surgical staff	75.02(17.52)		27.56(6.84)		37.08(5.62)
Medical staff
Surgical staff	77.03(17.66)	0.150 a	30(7.41)	0.604	35.07(7.23)	0.119
Smoking status	80.07(18.21)		29.46(5.89)		33.28(7.37)
Smoker
Non-smoker	85.25(18.17)	0.302b	28.67(3.58)	0.826	34.67(7.06)	0.490
Ex-smoker	77.57(17.91)		29.85(7.06)		34.40(7.36)
Regular physical activity	86.67(10.41)		30.67(3.79)		29.33(6.43)
Yes
No	72.61(17.96)	0.013 a *	28.76(5.86)	0.203	34.59(7.87)	0.763
Exposure to violence during work	80.78(17.36)		30.22(7.17)		34.22(7.10)
Yes
No	79.93(16.81)	0.045 a *	30.57(6.63)	0.014*	34.15(6.94)	0.599
Frequency of dealing with critical patients	73.84(20.08)		27.64(6.92)		34.82(8.33)
Never
Many times a year	58(27.94)	0.000 b *	28.40(6.95)	0.009*	32(7.11)	0.531
Once a month	69.17(15.73)		27.89(7.61)		36.28(4.99)
Once a week	73.12(12.73)		27.58(5.74)		34.08(7.37)
Once a day	72.56(19.20)		29.62(7.19)		35.90(6.79)
More than one time a day	79.32(17.96)		27.64(7.51)		34.20(8.27)
	32.22(5.92)		33.41(7.72)		86.73(14.87)

^aMann-Whitney Test; ^bKruskal-Wallis Test; *p<0.05.