Table 4.
Burnout prevalencea in emotional exhaustion and depersonalization in staff with hardly any vs. much contact with COVID-19 patients, at T1 and T2.
| N (%) |
Contact with COVID-19 patients at T1 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardly Any N = 424 |
Much N = 187 |
p (Fisher's test) | ||
| Emotional Exhaustion at T1 | 89 (15%) | 51 (12%) | 38 (20%) | 0.009 |
| Emotional Exhaustion at T2 | 108 (18%) | 61 (14%) | 47 (25%) | 0.002 |
| Depersonalization at T1 | 49 (8%) | 26 (6%) | 23 (12%) | 0.01 |
| Depersonalization at T2 | 57 (9%) | 29 (7%) | 28 (15%) | 0.002 |
Abbreviations: T1 = First assessment period between May and November 2020; T2 = Second assessment period between February and April 2021.
a
Burnout was defined as feelings of emotional exhaustion or depersonalization once a week or more.