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Table 4 Sociodemographic and occupational characteristics associated with burnout and severe burnout

From: Prevalence and associated factors for burnout among attending general surgeons: a national cross-sectional survey

Surgeon characteristics

Burnout

(n = 425, 69.1%)

Severe burnout

(n = 135, 22.0%)††

n (%)

P

n (%)

P

Age, years

 

0.001

 

< 0.001

  < 40

135 (79.4%)

 

57 (33.5%)

 

  ≥ 40

290 (65.2%)

 

78 (17.5%)

 

Sex

 

0.012

 

0.079

 Female

59 (81.9%)

 

10 (13.9%)

 

 Male

366 (67.4%)

 

125 (23.0%)

 

Marital status

 

0.182

 

0.038

 Single

38 (77.6%)

 

5 (10.2%)

 

 Married (or partnered)

387 (68.4%)

 

130 (23.0%)

 

Children

 

0.004

 

0.753

 No

71 (82.6%)

 

20 (23.3%)

 

 Yes

354 (66.9%)

 

115 (21.7%)

 

Academic title

 

< 0.001

 

0.002

 Specialist

286 (75.1%)

 

98 (25.7%)

 

 Assistant/Associate professor

93 (66.9%)

 

28 (20.1%)

 

 Professor

46 (48.4%)

 

9 (9.5%)

 

Workplace

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 TRH

141 (82.5%)

 

59 (34.5%)

 

 State hospital

100 (80.6%)

 

34 (27.4%)

 

 University hospital

102 (65.8%)

 

25 (16.1%)

 

 Private hospital

82 (49.7%)

 

17 (10.3%)

 

Work hours per week

 

< 0.001

 

0.832

  < 60

251 (64.0%)

 

85 (21.7%)

 

  ≥ 60

174 (78.0%)

 

50 (22.4%)

 

Sleep duration, hours

 

0.003

 

0.061

  < 7

261 (73.9%)

 

87 (24.6%)

 

  ≥ 7

164 (62.6%)

 

48 (18.3%)

 

Comorbidity

 

0.565

 

0.276

 No

299 (68.4%)

 

101 (23.1%)

 

 Yes

126 (70.8%)

 

34 (19.1%)

 

Smoking status

 

0.140

 

0.403

 No

288 (67.3%)

 

90 (21.0%)

 

 Yes

137 (73.3%)

 

45 (24.1%)

 

Specific hobby

 

0.005

 

< 0.001

 No

218 (74.7%)

 

81 (27.7%)

 

 Yes

207 (64.1%)

 

54 (16.7%)

 

Social activity

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 No

264 (83.3%)

 

99 (31.2%)

 

 Yes

161 (54.0%)

 

36 (12.1%)

 
  1. TRH training and research hospital
  2. Burnout was defined as a high score on the emotional exhaustion and/or depersonalization subscales
  3. †† Severe burnout was defined as high scores on the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and a low score on personal accomplishment