Table 3.
Burnout rate according to COVID-19-related work experience.
| Variable | Total (N = 1425) |
Burnout (N = 1102) |
No Burnout (N = 323) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worked in direct contact with COVID-19 patients | P < 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 1066 | 855 (80.2%) | 211 (19.8%) | |
| No | 359 | 247 (68.8%) | 112 (31.2%) | |
| Currently working in direct contact with COVID-19 patients | 0.016 | |||
| Yes | 556 | 449 (80.8%) | 107 (19.2%) | |
| No | 869 | 653 (75.1%) | 216 (24.9%) | |
| Average contact time with COVID-19 patients per day | P < 0.001 | |||
| Not at all | 369 | 253 (68.6%) | 116 (61.4%) | |
| < 30 min | 269 | 205 (76.2%) | 64 (23.8%) | |
| 30 min–2 h | 349 | 261 (74.8%) | 88 (25.2%) | |
| 2–6 h | 349 | 311 (89.1%) | 38 (10.9%) | |
| > 6 h | 89 | 72 (80.9%) | 17 (19.1%) | |
| Number of COVID-19 patients cared for | P < 0.001 | |||
| 0 | 366 | 252 (68.9%) | 114 (31.1%) | |
| 1–10 | 409 | 324 (79.2%) | 85 (20.8%) | |
| 11–20 | 145 | 119 (82.1%) | 26 (17.9%) | |
| > 21 | 505 | 407 (80.6%) | 98 (19.4%) | |
| Days of care for COVID-19 patients | P < 0.001 | |||
| 0 | 373 | 257 (68.9%) | 116 (31.1%) | |
| 1–29 days | 403 | 309 (76.7%) | 94 (23.3%) | |
| 30–59 days | 115 | 92 (80.0%) | 23 (20.0%) | |
| 60–89 days | 94 | 76 (80.9%) | 18 (19.1%) | |
| ≥ 90 days | 440 | 368 (83.6%) | 72 (16.4%) | |
| Work location | ||||
| COVID-19 ward | P < 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 471 | 399 (84.7%) | 72 (15.3%) | |
| No | 954 | 703 (73.7%) | 251 (26.3%) | |
| Emergency room | 0.036 | |||
| Yes | 201 | 167 (83.1%) | 34 (16.9%) | |
| No | 1224 | 935 (76.4%) | 289 (23.6%) | |
| COVID-19 intensive care unit | 0.238 | |||
| Yes | 312 | 249 (79.8%) | 63 (20.2%) | |
| No | 1113 | 853 (76.6%) | 260 (23.4%) | |
| COVID-19 screening center | 0.544 | |||
| Yes | 163 | 123 (75.5%) | 40 (24.5%) | |
| No | 1262 | 979 (77.6%) | 283 (22.4%) | |
| COVID-19 community care center | 0.398 | |||
| Yes | 35 | 25 (71.4%) | 10 (28.6%) | |
| No | 1390 | 1077 (77.5%) | 313 (22.5%) | |
| Ambulance | P < 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 228 | 156 (68.4%) | 72 (31.6%) | |
| No | 1197 | 946 (79.0%) | 251 (21.0%) | |
| Work experience with difficult COVID-19 patients | ||||
| Critically ill | P < 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 476 | 398 (83.6%) | 78 (16.4%) | |
| No | 949 | 704 (74.2%) | 245 (25.8%) | |
| Dementia, delirium, other mental illness | P < 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 578 | 484 (83.7%) | 94 (16.3%) | |
| No | 847 | 618 (73.0%) | 229 (27.0%) | |
| Experience with wearing PPE | ||||
| Level D PPE* | P < 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 639 | 525 (82.2%) | 114 (17.8%) | |
| No | 786 | 577 (73.4%) | 209 (26.6%) | |
| PAPR** | P < 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 619 | 523 (84.5%) | 96 (15.5%) | |
| No | 806 | 579 (71.8%) | 227 (28.2%) | |
*PPE personal protection equipment.
**PAPR powered air-purifying respirator.