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Table 1 General characteristics of participants

From: Burnout and allostatic load among health workers engaged in human resourced-constrained hospitals in Accra, Ghana

General characteristics

Clinical, n (%)

703 (55.62)

Non-Clinical, n (%)

561 (44.38)

Total, n (%)

1264, (100)

Age in years: mean (± SD)

41.05 ± 8.30

40.51 ± 8.38

40.81 ± 8.33

Sex of respondent

 Male

317 (45.09)

276 (49.20)

593 (46.91)

 Female

386 (54.91)

285 (50.80)

671 (53.09)

Marital status

 Single

106 (15.01)

99 (17.65)

205 (16.22)

 Married

428 (60.88)

347 (61.85)

775 (61.31)

 Divorced/Separated

169 (24.04)

115 (20.50)

150 (22.47)

Having Children

 Yes

409 (57.75)

399 (71.12)

808 (63.92)

 No

294 (41.82)

162 (28.88)

456 (36.08)

Highest educational level

 Low

0(0)

33 (5.88)

33 (2.61)

 Middle

6 (0.85)

304 (54.19)

310 (24.53)

 High

697 (99.15)

224 (39.93)

921 (72.87)

Range of net monthly income

 Low

251 (35.70)

483 (37.79)

734 (58.07)

 Middle

392 (55.76)

78 (66.13)

470 (37.18)

 High

60 (8.53)

0 (0)

60 (4.75)

Years of working

 1-5

267 (37.98)

227 (40.46)

494 (39.08)

 6-10

133 (18.92)

88 (15.69)

221 (17.48)

 11-15

23 (3.27)

50 (8.91)

73 (5.78)

 16-20

50 (7.11)

54 (9.63)

104 (0.23)

 20

230 (32.72)

142 (25.31)

372 (29.43)

Level of resilience

 Low

166 (23.61)

160 (28.52)

326 (25.79)

 Normal

271 (38.55)

209 (37.25)

480 (37.97)

 High

266 (37.84)

131 (23.35)

458 (36.23)

Facility

 Primary

149 (21.19)

134 (23.89)

283 (22.39)

 Secondary

264 (37.55)

142 (25.31)

406 (32.12)

 Tertiary

290 (41.25)

285 (50.80)

575 (45.49)

Common shift for past six months

 Night

269 (38.26)

332 (59.18)

601 (47.55)

 Afternoon

228 (32.43)

146 (26.02)

374 (29.59)

 Morning

206 (29.30)

83 (14.80)

289 (22.86)

Additional jobs

 Yes

339 (48.22)

205 (36.54)

544 (43.04)

 No

364 (51.78)

356 (63.46)

720 (56.96)

Familial History of NCDs

 Yes

247 (35.14)

199 (35.47)

446 (35.28)

 No

456 (64.86)

362 (64.53)

818 (64.72)

  1. Frequency (n) and percentage (%)