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Table 3 Job conditions and satisfaction 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

Karasek scores

Job demands

144

21.3 (4.2)

73

21.8 (4.2)

29

22.2 (4.5)

42

19.8 (3.7)

0.02

Job control

144

72.8 (10.6)

76

75.5 (9.7)

29

74.9 (8.4)

39

65.9 (10.8)

< 0.0001

Social support

138

24.8 (4)

70

25 (3.7)

28

26.2 (4.4)

40

23.6 (4.2)

0.03

  Job straina

26

18.6

11

15.3

5

17.2

10

25.6

0.40

  Isostrainb

12

9.0

5

7.5

3

10.7

4

10.5

0.78

Effort-reward imbalance

 Effort-Reward Imbalance ratio

143

0.4 (0.2)

75

0.5 (0.2)

28

0.5 (0.1)

40

0.4 (0.2)

0.09

 Overcommitment

150

12.9 (3.8)

78

13.3 (4)

29

12.9 (3.7)

43

12.2 (3.6)

0.43

Burnout scoresa

Emotional exhaustion

145

13.1 (10)

77

14 (10.6)

28

12.7 (10)

40

11.5 (8.7)

0.55

Depersonalization

148

6.7 (5.4)

78

7.6 (5.7)

29

5.3 (5.9)

41

5.9 (4.2)

0.07

Personal accomplishment

142

34.7 (8)

74

36.4 (7.1)

28

35.5 (6.6)

40

31.3 (9.5)

0.04

  1. Abbreviation: SD standard deviation
  2. a Job strain: work situation when the psychological demand is greater than the median and the decision latitude is less than the median
  3. b Isostrain: work situation combining a job strain situation with social support below the median level