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Table 2 Burnout score averages

From: Healthcare worker burnout: exploring the experiences of doctors working in a maternity unit in Namibia

Participant characteristics

Burnout symptoms

Participant

Gender

Position

Total (core symptoms)

Exhaustion

Mental distance

Emotional impairment

Cognitive impairment

Secondary symptoms

P1

Female

MO

3.04a

3.75a

3.6a

2.4

2.4

2.7

P2

Female

MO

3.4a

4a

3.6a

3a

3

4.3a

P3

Male

Intern

2.58

3.5a

2.8

2

2

1.7

P4

Male

MO

3.25a

4.38a

2.6

3a

3

2.2

P5

Female

Intern

2.47

3.88a

3.6a

1.2

1.2

2.2

P6

Male

Specialist

1

1

1

1

1

1

P7

Female

MO

2.87

3.88a

2.8

2.4

2.4

2.1

P8

Female

Intern

3.94a

4.75a

3.4a

3.8a

3.8a

3.4a

P9

Female

Intern

3.07a

4.88a

3.8a

1.8

1.8

3.4a

P10

Female

Intern

2.04

2.75

1.4

2

2

2.1

P11

Female

MO

1.98

3.5a

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.4

P12

Female

MO

2.31

3.25a

2

2

2

2.1

P13

Male

MO

1.78

3.13a

1.2

1.4

1.4

1.6

P14

Female

Intern

2.55

4.38a

2.6

1.6

1.6

2.8

P15

Non-binary

Intern

3.02a

3.88a

2.2

3a

3

3.2

P16

Female

Intern

2.91

4.25a

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.8

P17

Male

Intern

3.14a

3.38a

3.2a

3a

3

2.4

P18

Female

Intern

2.87

3.88a

2.8

2.4

2.4

2.7

Average scores

 

2.68

3.69a

2.6

2.21

2.21

2.45

  1. High-risk scores are represented in bold. Note: participant (a) codes do not correspond to participant (b) codes
  2. The superscript a denotes a “very” high-risk score