Table 3.

Association of Demographic and Work-Related Factors With High Burnout

VariableHigh Burnout n=42Odds Ratio (95% CI)P Value (LR)aP Valueb
Age, years, n (%)0.501
 <2831 (73.8)ReferenceReference
 ≥2811 (26.2)0.73 (0.33-1.50)0.403
Sex, n (%)0.982
 Female23 (54.8)ReferenceReference
 Male19 (45.2)0.94 (0.48-1.83)0.852
Marital status, n (%)0.994
 Unmarried27 (64.3)ReferenceReference
 Married15 (35.7)1.07 (0.52-2.12)0.846
Residency year, n (%)
 1 and 233 (78.6)ReferenceReference0.217
 3 and 49 (21.4)0.58 (0.25-1.23)0.158
Smoking status, n (%)1.000
 No31 (73.8)ReferenceReference
 Yes11 (26.2)1.09 (0.49-2.26)0.833
Exercise, n (%)0.640
 Never24 (57.1)ReferenceReference
 ≥1 days/week18 (42.9)0.81 (0.41-1.57)0.532
Hours of sleep/day, mean ± SD6.24 ± 1.511.06 (0.83-1.35)0.6460.681
Number of on-calls/month, mean ± SD5.57 ± 0.991.88 (1.27-2.77)0.0010.004
Number of hours working in the hospital/day, mean ± SD8.79 ± 0.841.00 (0.86-1.15)0.9480.906
Number of clinics/week, mean ± SD2.05 ± 2.880.97 (0.86-1.09)0.5650.560
Number of patients under daily care, mean ± SD6.17 (3.63)1.04 (0.96-1.13)0.3140.305
  • Note: High burnout was defined as coexisting high emotional exhaustion, high depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment.

  • aUnivariate logistic regression (LR).

  • bChi-square test (categorical variables) or t test (continuous variables).