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Table 1 Burnout score according to socio-demographic and work-related characteristics

From: Prevalence of burnout and associated factors among general practitioners in Hubei, China: a cross-sectional study

 

Burnout

EE

DP

PA

Variables

N (%)

Mean (SD)

P value

Mean (SD)

P value

Mean (SD)

P value

Mean (SD)

P value

Age group (years)

 < 30

84 (8.28)

39.00 (20.37)

0.1751

19.71(11.41)

0.0124

4.36 (4.76)

0.0280

33.07 (11.08)

0.0683

 30~

405 (39.94)

37.12 (20.28)

19.33 (12.24)

4.21 (4.97)

34.42 (11.20)

 40~

474 (46.75)

35.18 (19.90)

18.54 (11.83)

3.70 (4.65)

35.06 (11.78)

 50~

51 (5.03)

33.04 (19.82)

13.61(12.97)

2.31 (3.34)

30.88 (16.26)

Sex

 Men

659 (64.99)

37.5 (20.40)

0.0032

19.17 (12.40)

0.0732

4.19 (5.08)

0.0061

33.87 (12.03)

0.0365

 Women

355 (35.01)

33.6 (19.3)

17.75 (11.28)

3.34 (4.02)

35.49 (11.28)

Education level

 Associated degree or vocational diplomaa

479 (49.90)

35.92 (20.21)

0.6347

17.98 (12.37)

0.0492

3.84 (4.86)

0.6805

33.90 (12.25)

0.1698

 Bachelor degree or above

521 (52.10)

36.52 (20.03)

19.48 (11.78)

3.96 (4.69)

34.92 (11.32)

Marital status

 Unmarried/widow/divorced

67 (6.70)

42.48 (21.19)

0.0076

22.00 (12.15)

0.0196

5.52 (5.49)

0.0128

33.04 (9.88)

0.319

 Married

933 (93.30)

35.67 (20.04)

18.44 (12.03)

3.77 (4.67)

34.53 (11.91)

Contract status

 Permanent

734 (73.18)

35.91 (20.27)

0.3553

18.58 (12.16)

0.5732

3.75 (4.74)

0.0731

34.42 (12.20)

0.7728

 Temporaryb

269 (26.82)

37.24 (19.78)

19.07 (11.87)

4.36 (4.81)

34.19 (10.68)

Average monthly income (RMB Yuan)

 < 2500

340 (33.76)

37.9 (20.5)

0.1322

19.85 (12.60)

0.0951

4.17 (4.93)

0.3162

34.15 (11.36)

0.7700

 2500~

474 (47.07)

35.0 (20.0)

18.04 (11.96)

3.67 (4.68)

34.70 (12.21)

 3500~

193 (19.17)

36.1 (19.6)

18.32 (11.32)

3.97 (4.65)

34.20 (11.58)

Professional level

 Elementary or lessc

482 (47.96)

35.84 (20.14)

0.5844

17.90 (11.82)

0.0397

4.18 (5.08)

0.0908

34.24 (11.41)

0.6236

 Intermediate or higherd

523 (52.04)

36.53 (20.10)

19.47 (12.30)

3.67 (4.45)

34.60 (12.15)

Has management responsibility

 Yes

332 (34.05)

37.03 (20.89)

0.3196

19.32 (12.61)

0.2649

4.14 (5.23)

0.1677

34.42 (12.20)

0.9954

 No

643 (65.95)

35.70 (19.49)

18.41 (11.70)

3.70 (4.33)

34.43 (11.54)

Practice setting

 CHC

563 (55.47)

35.19 (19.47)

0.0858

18.13 (11.36)

0.0912

3.70 (4.47)

0.1177

34.63 (11.40)

0.5683

 THC

452 (44.53)

37.37 (20.82)

19.42 (12.85)

4.15 (5.07)

34.21 (12.25)

Work tenure (years)

16.32 (7.90)

        

 < 10

236 (23.32)

38.75 (19.77)

0.0423

19.72 (11.17)

0.3132

4.49 (5.08)

0.0506

33.46 (10.88)

0.1912

 10~

385 (38.04)

34.57 (19.88)

18.24 (12.14)

3.53 (4.23)

35.19 (11.41)

 20~

391 (38.64)

36.16 (20.44)

18.54 (12.50)

3.86 (4.99)

34.25 (12.65)

Workplace violence

 Yes

631 (62.17)

39.98 (20.52)

< 0.0001

21.43 (12.54)

< 0.0001

4.74 (5.29)

< 0.0001

34.19 (10.90)

0.3963

 No

384 (37.83)

29.88 (17.70)

14.23 (9.69)

2.51 (3.25)

34.86 (13.10)

  1. Abbreviations: CHC Community health center, DP Depersonalization, EE Emotion exhaustion, PA Personal accomplishment, SD Standard deviation, THC Township health center
  2. aGPs who have acquired associate degree or vocational diploma. An associate degree required 3 years of education in college after graduation from senior middle school (grade year 10 to year 12), or 5 years of education in college after graduation from junior middle school (grade year 7 to year 9). A vocational diploma requires 2 years of education in vocational schools after graduation from senior middle school, or 3 years of education in vocational schools after graduation from junior middle school
  3. bWages and welfares of GPs would be paid by the Chinese government public health services expenditure. GPs were unable to be freely fired off by health institutions
  4. cGPs were with junior or without any technical title
  5. dGPs were with middle or senior professional title