Table 3.

Results on emotional exhaustion because of contact with patients (multiple linear regression modeling).

	Emotional Exhaustion Because of Contact with Patients before and during Pandemic
Predictors		B	95% CI for B		P	Association
	Summary score of “Before the pandemic I found it difficult to deal with patients” &” I feel that working with patients reduces my energy regardless of the period of the pandemic we are experiencing” & ”I believe that I give more than I get when I work with patients regardless of the period of the pandemic we are experiencing” & “I am tired of working with patients regardless of the pandemic period”
	Age	−0.390	−0.646	−0.133	0.003	Negative (inverse)
	Number of children	−0.822	−1.459	−0.185	0.012	Negative (inverse)
	Summary score of “During the pandemic, I find it difficult to deal with patients” & “I wonder at times how much longer I can continue to work with patients”
	Summary score of “Before the pandemic I found it difficult to deal with patients” & “I feel that working with patients reduces my energy regardless of the period of the pandemic we are experiencing” & “I believe that I give more than I get when I work with patients regardless of the period of the pandemic we are experiencing” &”I am tired of working with patients regardless of the period of the pandemic we are experiencing”	0.629	0.450	0.823	0.0001	Positive (in tandem)
	Summary score of “During the pandemic I find it difficult to deal with patients” &” I wonder at times how much longer I can continue to work with patients”
	Gender	0.662	0.336	0.988	0.0001	Increasing in males
	Age	−0.513	−0.670	−0.356	0.0001	Negative (inverse)
	Number of children	−0.701	−1.093	−0.310	0.0001	Negative (inverse)
	Higher degree	−0.207	−0.392	−0.023	0.028	Negative (inverse)
	Years of practice	0.408	0.214	0.602	0.0001	Positive (in tandem)