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Table 2 Univariate analysis of personal and professional burnout risk factors

From: Burnout in intensive care units - a consideration of the possible prevalence and frequency of new risk factors: a descriptive correlational multicentre study

 

ICU Professionals Total

High Burnout

OR

CI 95%

p

  

No

Yes

   
 

(n = 267) (%)

(n = 184-69%)

(n = 83-31%)

   

Gender

      

Female

173 (65)

116 (63)

57 (69)

1,000

-

0,373*

Male

94 (35)

68 (37)

26 (31)

0,778

0,448-1,351

 

Age, med (P25-P75)

32 (27–38)

33 (28–40)

30 (27–36)

0,960

0,926-0,995

0,011§

Marital Status

      

Single

122 (46)

74 (40)

48 (58)

1,000

-

-

Married

119 (45)

90 (49)

29 (35)

0,497

0,285-0,865

 

Divorced

15 (6)

13 (7)

2 (2)

0,237

0,051-1,098

 

Widower

1 (0)

0 (0)

1 (1)

-

-

 

Other

10 (4)

7 (4)

3 (4)

0,661

0,163-2,680

 

With children

      

No

173 (65)

112 (61)

61 (74)

1,000

-

0,033*

Yes

93 (35)

72 (39)

21 (26)

0,536

0,301-0,954

 

Religion

      

No

68 (26)

46 (25)

22 (27)

1,000

-

0,747*

Yes

195 (74)

136 (75)

59 (73)

0,907

0,501-1,641

 

Profession

      

Physician

73 (27)

55 (30)

18 (22)

1,000

-

0,164*

Nurse

194 (73)

129 (70)

65 (78)

1,540

0,837-2,834

 

Academic qualifications

      

Bachelor / Graduation

250 (94)

175 (96)

75 (90)

1,000

-

-

Master

10 (4)

5 (3)

5 (6)

2,333

0,656-8,298

 

PhD

5 (2)

2 (1)

3 (4)

3,500

0,573-21,376

 

Post-graduate course/training in Intensive Care

      

No

193 (75)

135 (76)

58 (73)

1,000

-

0,624*

Yes

63 (25)

42 (24)

21 (27)

1,164

0,634-2,137

 

Shift work

      

No

37 (14)

28 (15)

9 (11)

1,000

-

0,330**

Yes

229 (86)

155 (85)

74 (89)

1,485

0,667-3,307

 

Number of working hours (week)

      

35 hours

99 (37)

73 (40)

26 (31)

1,000

-

0,193*

40 hours

103 (39)

63 (34)

40 (48)

1,783

0,980-3,241

 

42 hours

41 (15)

30 (16)

11 (13)

1,029

0,452-2,345

 

Other

24 (9)

18 (10)

6 (7)

0,936

0,335-2,613

 

Distance between home and work (Km), med (P25-P75)

7 (4–18)

7 (4–15)

10 (5–20)

1,008

0,995-1,022

0,119§

Time taken to reach work (minutes), med (P25-P75)

15 (10–30)

15 (10–30)

20 (10–30)

1,013

0,995-1,031

0,274§

Years of professional experience, med (P25-P75)

8 (4–14)

10 (4–15)

6 (4–13)

0,959

0,924-0,996

0,048§

Years of professional practice in ICU, med (P25-P75)

4 (2–9)

4 (2–10)

4 (1–7)

0,978

0,936-1,023

0,244§

Contractual situation, n (%)

      

Effective staff member

114 (43)

89 (48)

25 (30)

1,000

-

0,002*

Individual contract of indeterminate period

109 (41)

62 (34)

47 (57)

2,699

1,506-4,837

 

Fixed-term contract

17 (6)

15 (8)

2 (2)

0,475

0,102-2,216

 

Without institutional link

4 (1)

4 (2)

0 (0)

-

-

 

Other

23 (9)

14 (8)

9 (11)

2,289

0,887-5,904

 

Overschedule

      

In another setting from the same institution, n (%)

      

No

212 (89)

139 (86)

73 (95)

1,000

-

0,040*

Yes

27 (11)

23 (14)

4 (5)

0,331

0,110-0,994

 

In another health care institution, n (%)

      

No

144 (58)

97 (58)

47 (57)

1,000

-

0,867*

Yes

104 (42)

69 (42)

35 (43)

1,047

0,613-1,788

 
  1. OR - Univariate Odds Ratio; CI - Confidence Interval. High Burnout - High level of Burnout.
  2. med-median; P- Percentil; * Independence chi-square test ** Fisher exact test; § Mann–Whitney test.