TABLE 3.
Burnout type dependency on sociodemographic characteristics
| Variables | Personal burnout, n = 93 (27.5%) | Work‐related burnout, n = 13 (3.8%) | Client‐related burnout, n = 6 (1.8%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | p | n (%) | p | n (%) | p | |
| Age | ||||||
| 23–35 | 25 (36.2) | 3 (4.3) | 0 | |||
| 36–45 | 24 (27.0) | 3 (3.4) | 0 | |||
| >45 | 44 (24.4) | .174 | 7 (3.9) | – | 6 (3.3) | – |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 9 (34.6) | 0 | 0 | |||
| Married | 75 (32.9) | 9 (3.9) | 6 (2.6) | |||
| Living with a partner | 5 (16.1) | 2 (6.5) | 0 | |||
| Divorced | 3 (7.5) | 2 (5.0) | 0 | |||
| Widowed | 1 (7.7) | .002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Has children | ||||||
| Yes | 72 (26.6) | 11 (4.1) | 6 (2.2) | |||
| No | 21 (31.3) | .528 | 2 (3.0) | .506 | 0 | – |
| Education | ||||||
| College degree | 58 (26.4) | 7 (3.2) | 4 (1.8) | |||
| University degree | 35 (29.7) | .604 | 6 (5.1) | .388 | 2 (1.7) | – |
| Place of employment | ||||||
| Public sector | 73(26.6) | 11 (4.0) | 6(2.2) | |||
| Private sector | 3 (18.8) | 2 (12.5) | 0 | |||
| Public and private sector | 9 (26.5) | 0 | 0 | |||
| Academic sector | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Academic and public and/or private sector | 8 (72.7) | .011 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Length of time qualified as a midwife | ||||||
| ≤10 years | 25 (35.7) | 5 (7.1) | 0 | |||
| >10 years | 68 (25.4) | .115 | 8 (3.0) | .154 | 6(2.2) | – |
| Shift duration | ||||||
| 12 hr | 43 (42.6) | 0 | 0 | |||
| <12 hr | 9 (15.5) | 3 (5.2) | 0 | |||
| >12 hr | 18 (17.6) | 3 (2.9) | 6 (5.9) | |||
| Mixed shifts | 23 (29.9) | <.001 | 7 (9.1) | – | 0 | – |
| Principle area of service | ||||||
| Rotation across all clinical areas in a hospital including antenatal clinic birthing suite, antenatal/postnatal ward and the special care nursery | 33 (37.1) | 7 (18.0) | 2 (1.5) | |||
| Antenatal clinic only | 19 (34.5) | 4 (7.3) | 0 | |||
| Birth suite only | 23 (36.5) | 2 (3.2) | 0 | |||
| Postnatal ward only | 18 (25.7) | .148 | 0 | – | 4 (1.8) | – |