Burnout, work engagement and work hours – how physicians’ decision to work less is associated with work-related factors

Table 1 Descriptive information with regard to desired changes in work hours

	Reduction of working hours (n = 297)	No reduction of working hours (n = 428)	p-value
Age	Ø 44.9	Ø 43.6	n.s.
Gender
female	40.7%	37.6%	n.s.
male	59.3%	62.4%
Care work for children (“yes”)	75.8%	74.8%	n.s.
Marital status
married	64.0%	60.5%	n.s.
in a relationship	22.6%	21.3%
single	13.5%	18.2%
Working hours (including on-call duty and overwork)	Ø 52.6	Ø 46.5	p < 0.001, d = -0.529
Leading position („yes“)¹	25.0%	24.9%	n.s.
Medical setting
outpatient	35.4%	34.8%	n.s.
inpatient	64.6%	65.2%
Burnout³
Personal	50.8	42.0	p < 0.001, d = -0.474
Patient-related	26.4	21.3	p < 0.001, d = -0.278
Work-related	40.9	34.6	p < 0.001, d = -0.440
Utrecht Work Engagement Scale⁴	3.5	3.8	p < 0.001, d = 0.258
Satisfaction with working time schedule
Satisfied	31.6%	85.5	p < 0.001, V = 0.550
Dissatisfied	68.4%	14.5%

Note: ¹= senior or chief physician; n.s. = not significant; ³= range: 0-100, higher score means greater burnout; ⁴= possible range: 0.33-6.0, higher score means greater engagement; n.s. = not significant; d = Cohen’s d effect size; V = Cramer’s V effect size.

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