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. 2022 May 3;12:7122. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-11326-1

Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants across burnout situation.

Variables Total (n = 2813) No-burnout (n = 2582, 91.8%) Burnout (n = 231, 8.2%) p value
Age, years 38.44 ± 11.90 38.56 ± 11.99 37.08 ± 10.77 0.07
Men, n (%) 296 10.52% 261 10.11% 35 15.15% 0.02
BMI, kg/m2 23.43 ± 4.38 23.38 ± 4.34 23.99 ± 4.86 0.04
WC, cm 76.99 ± 10.83 76.89 ± 10.73 78.19 ± 11.80 0.08
Exercise, n (%) 1445 51.37% 1354 52.44% 91 39.39%  < 0.001
Smoking, n (%) 103 3.66% 94 3.64% 9 3.90% 0.84
Drink, n (%) 187 6.65% 168 6.51% 19 8.23% 0.32
HTN, n (%) 127 4.70% 109 4.39% 18 8.26% 0.01
DM, n (%) 75 2.77% 67 2.70% 8 3.67% 0.40
Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 71 2.63% 66 2.66% 5 2.29% 0.75
Education level, n (%) 0.04
 ≦Senior high school 371 13.19% 334 12.94% 37 16.02%
 College 2197 78.10% 2014 78.00% 183 79.22%
 ≧ Graduate School 245 8.71% 234 9.06% 11 4.76%
Department 0.13
 Non-nurse/doctor 945 33.59% 859 33.27% 86 37.23%
 Nurse 1758 62.50% 1626 62.97% 132 57.14%
 Doctor 110 3.91% 97 3.76% 13 5.63%
Seniority, n (%) 0.004
 < 2 years 529 18.81% 486 18.82% 43 18.61%
 2–4 years 471 16.74% 428 16.58% 43 18.61%
 4–10 years 549 19.52% 487 18.86% 62 26.83%
  > 10yeras 1264 44.93% 1181 45.74% 83 35.93%
Working hours/week, n (%)  < 0.001
 ≦ 45 h 1798 63.92% 1679 65.03% 119 51.52%
 46–50 h 795 28.26% 716 27.73% 79 34.20%
 51–59 h 129 4.59% 111 4.30% 18 7.79%
 ≧ 60 h 91 3.23% 76 2.94% 15 6.49%
Work style, n (%) 0.14
 Day shift 1445 51.37% 1337 51.78% 108 46.75%
 Night shift 1368 48.63% 1245 48.22% 123 53.25%
BSRS-5, n (%)  < 0.001
 0–5 1805 64.17% 1751 67.82% 54 23.38%
 6–9 618 21.97% 549 21.26% 69 29.87%
 10–14 320 11.38% 241 9.33% 79 34.20%
15–20 70 2.49% 41 1.59% 29 12.55%
Self-assessment physical health status, n (%)  < 0.001
 Good 827 29.40% 802 31.06% 25 10.82%
 Moderate 1720 61.14% 1574 60.96% 146 63.20%
 Poor 266 9.46% 206 7.98% 60 25.97%
Sleep duration, hours (mean, SD) 6.58 ± 1.06 6.59 ± 1.05 6.44 ± 1.13 0.04
Self-assessment sleep quality, n%  < 0.001
 Good 1118 39.74% 1062 41.13% 56 24.24%
 Poor 1695 60.26% 1520 58.87% 175 75.76%
MBI-HSS (mean, SD)
 Emotional exhaustion 25.23 ± 10.86 24.06 ± 10.30 38.25 ± 8.16  < 0.001
 Depersonalization 10.57 ± 5.86 9.92 ± 5.49 17.78 ± 4.86  < 0.001
 Personal accomplishment 26.71 ± 5.45 27.30 ± 5.17 20.16 ± 3.90  < 0.001

n = numbers, SD = Standard deviation, HTN = hypertension, DM = diabetes mellitus, BMI = body mass index, WC = waist circumference, BSRS-5 = 5-item Brief Symptom Rating Scale, MBI-HSS = Maslach Burnout Inventory–Health Services Survey.

Smoking status (current or past/never), alcohol consumption (0–1 drinks per week/≧ 2 drinks per week), exercise (≧ 3 times/week, ≧ 30 min/time).