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Table 2 Professional and practice characteristics in the workplace

From: Burnout profiles among French workers in health units for inmates: results of the EHCAU study

 

Full Sample

Care Level 1

Care Level 2

Care Level 3

 

N = 150

N = 78

N = 29

N = 43

 

Characteristic

N

%/mean (SD)

N

%/mean (SD)

N

%/mean (SD)

N

%/mean (SD)

p value

Occupational status

        

0.004

 Junior/senior doctor

29

19.3

15

19.2

7

24.1

7

16.3

 

 Nurse/nursing auxiliary

80

53.3

40

51.3

10

34.5

30

69.8

 

 Health nurse manager

6

4

3

3.8

2

6.9

1

2.3

 

 Occupational therapist/physical therapist

3

2

2

2.6

0

0

1

2.3

 

 Hospital service agent

2

1.3

0

0

0

0

2

4.7

 

 Psychologist

21

14

15

19.2

6

20.7

0

0

 

 Medical secretary

9

6

3

3.8

4

13.8

2

4.7

 

Years in practice in the job

        

0.008

  < 4 years

19

12.7

5

6.4

10

34.5

4

9.3

 

  ≥ 4 years and < 10 years

26

17.3

16

20.5

4

13.8

6

14

 

  ≥ 10 years

105

70

57

73.1

15

51.7

33

76.7

 

Years in practice in the current workplace

        

0.01

  < 4 years

56

37.3

26

33.3

17

58.6

13

30.2

 

  ≥ 4 years and < 10 years

46

30.7

25

32.1

2

6.9

19

44.2

 

  ≥ 10 years

48

32

27

34.6

10

34.5

11

25.6

 

Hours worked per week

148

37.2 (8)

77

36.5 (8.2)

29

38.1 (6.2)

42

37.9 (8.8)

0.57

Irregular eating hours

        

0.002

 Never

69

46

40

51.3

20

69.0

9

20.9

 

 Seldom

57

38

29

37.2

6

20.7

22

51.2

 

 Often

15

10

5

6.4

2

6.9

8

18.6

 

 Always

9

6

4

5.1

1

3.4

4

9.3

 

Night work

        

< 0.0001

 Never

107

71.8

70

90.9

23

79.3

14

32.6

 

 Seldom

13

8.7

3

3.9

4

13.8

6

14

 

 Often

27

18.1

3

3.9

2

6.9

22

51.2

 

 Always

2

1.3

1

1.3

0

0

1

2.3

 

Exposure to verbal violence

        

< 0.0001

 Never

10

6.7

2

2.6

7

24.1

1

2.3

 

 Seldom

79

52.7

49

62.8

16

55.2

14

32.6

 

 Often

55

36.7

23

29.5

6

20.7

26

60.5

 

 Always

6

4

4

5.1

0

0

2

4.7

 

Exposure to physical violence

        

0.09

 Never

22

14.7

13

16.7

7

24.1

2

4.7

 

 Seldom

98

65.3

52

66.7

18

62.1

28

65.1

 

 Often

29

19.3

12

15.4

4

13.8

13

30.2

 

 Always

1

0.7

1

1.3

0

0

0

0

 

History of complaint procedures for aggression in the workplace (yes)

17

11.4

11

14.3

3

10.3

3

7

0.52

Training stage in prison during initial formation (yes)

48

32.2

23

29.9

10

34.5

15

34.9

0.82

Regular contact with departments of the local hospital (yes)

101

68.2

55

70.5

24

85.7

22

52.4

0.01

  1. Abbreviation: SD standard deviation