Table 1 The demographics of the included participants and the differences in MBI scales.

From: Exploring burnout, resilience and the coping strategies among critical healthcare professionals in post-COVID Taiwan

Variable

N

Emotional exhaustion (EE)

Depersonalization (DP)

Personal accomplishment (PA)

  

Low

median

High

M ± SD

P-value

Low

median

High

M ± SD

P-value

Low

median

High

M ± SD

P-value

All

254

29(11.4%)

45(17.7%)

180(70.9%)

35.4 ± 11.6

NA

41(16.1%)

70(27.6%)

143(56.3%)

11.8 ± 6.5

NA

154(60.6%)

71(28.0%)

29(11.4%)

30.6 ± 7.9

NA

Age

20–29

119

10(8.4%)

16(13.4%)

93(78.2%)

35.4 ± 11.6

< 0.001

16(13.4%)

33(27.7%)

70(58.8%)

12.7 ± 6.7

0.008

81(68.0%)

27(22.7%)

11(9.2%)

29.7 ± 8.1

0.121

30–39

92

9(9.8%)

15(16.3%)

68(73.9%)

32.9 ± 11.4

12(13.0%)

23(25.0%)

57(62.0%)

12.1 ± 6.4

53(57.6%)

29(31.5%)

10(10.9%)

30.8 ± 7.4

40–49

39

7(17.9%)

13(33.3%)

19(48.7%)

28.3 ± 10.2

10(25.6%)

14(35.9%)

15(41.0%)

9.2 ± 5.5

17(43.6%)

14(35.9%)

8(20.5%)

33.2 ± 8.3

> 50

4

3(75.0%)

1(25.0%)

0(0.0%)

16.8 ± 5.6

3(75.0%)

0(0.0%)

1(25.0%)

6.0 ± 4.0

3(75.0%)

1(25.0%)

0(0.0%)

30.0 ± 5.0

Occupation

Physician

46

9(19.6%)

9(19.6%)

28(60.9%)

30.6 ± 12.7

0.106

8(17.4%)

11(23.9.%)

27(62.8%)

12.7 ± 6.9

0.331

24(52.2%)

19(41.3%)

3(6.6%)

31.4 ± 8.3

0.483

Nurse

208

20(9.6%)

36(17.3%)

152(73.1%)

33.7 ± 11.3

33(15.9%)

59(28.4%)

116(55.8%)

11.6 ± 6.5

130(62.5.%)

52(25.0%)

26(12.5%)

30.5 ± 7.8

Workplace

ER

133

16(12.0%)

22(16.6%)

95(71.4%)

33.9 ± 12.7

0.270

15(11.3%)

32(24.1%)

86(64.7%)

13.7 ± 7.0

< 0.001

81(60.9%)

36(27.1%)

16(12.0%)

30.3 ± 8.3

0.570

ICU

121

13(10.7%)

23(19.0%)

85(70.2%)

32.3 ± 10.3

26(21.5%)

38(31.4%)

57(47.1%)

9.7 ± 5.3

73(60.3%)

35(28.9%)

13(10.7%)

30.9 ± 7.4

Marital status

Single

154

12(7.8%)

21(13.6%)

121(78.6%)

35.4 ± 11.9

< 0.001

21(13.6%)

38(24.7%)

95(61.7%)

12.8 ± 6.8

0.002

102(66.2%)

39(25.3%)

13(8.4%)

29.7 ± 7.7

0.015

Married

100

17(17.0%)

24(24.0%)

59(59.0%)

29.6 ± 10.3

20(20.0%)

32(32.0%)

48(48.0%)

10.2 ± 5.8

52(52.0%)

32(32.0%)

16(16.0%)

32.1 ± 8.0

Number of children

0

170

14(8.2%)

24(14.1%)

132(77.6%)

34.6 ± 11.6

0.007

24(14.1%)

42(24.7%)

104(61.2%)

12.7 ± 6.7

0.007

113(66.5%)

44(25.9%)

13(7.7%)

29.8 ± 7.6

0.091

1

22

3(13.6%)

4(18.2%)

15(68.2%)

33.7 ± 11.6

1(4.6%)

7(31.8%)

14(63.6%)

11.9 ± 6.2

13(59.1%)

5(22.7%)

4(18.2%)

31.4 ± 7.9

2

50

9(18.0%)

14(28.0%)

27(54.0%)

29.2 ± 10.8

13(26.0%)

17(34.0%)

20(40.0%)

9.7 ± 6.0

22(44.0%)

18(36.0%)

10(20.0%)

32.7 ± 8.7

≥ 3

12

3(25.0%)

3(25.0%)

6(50.0%)

26.9 ± 10.3

3(25.0%)

4(33.3%)

5(41.7%)

8.1 ± 4.7

6(50.0%)

4(33.3%)

2(16.7%)

32.6 ± 7.7

Do you have pets

No

189

22(11.6%)

36(19.0%)

131(69.3%)

33.2 ± 11.9

0.789

28(14.8%)

51(27.0%)

110(58.2%)

11.7 ± 6.2

0.633

117(61.9%)

50(26.5%)

22(11.6%)

30.7 ± 7.9

0.928

Yes

65

7(10.8%)

9(13.8%)

49(75.4%)

32.8 ± 10.9

13(20.0%)

19(29.2%)

33(50.8%)

12.1 ± 7.4

37(56.9%)

21(32.3%)

7(10.8%)

30.6 ± 7.8

Previous work experience in ED/ICU

No

190

19(10.0%)

30(15.8%)

141(74.2%)

35.4 ± 12.1

0.108

28(14.7%)

54(28.4%)

108(56.8%)

12.0 ± 6.7

0.338

118(62.1%)

54(28.4%)

18(9.5%)

30.7 ± 7.3

0.908

Yes

64

10(15.6%)

15(23.4%)

39(60.9%)

33.2 ± 10.2

13(20.3%)

16(25.0%)

35(54.7%)

11.1 ± 6.0

36(56.3%)

17(26.6%)

11(17.2%)

30.5 ± 9.5

The length of time of being critical healthcare professional (years)

1–5

105

8(7.6%)

13(12.4%)

84(80.0%)

35.5 ± 11.1

0.005

13(12.4%)

26(24.8%)

66(62.9%)

13.0 ± 6.7

0.002

67(63.8%)

28(26.7%)

10(9.5%)

30.5 ± 7.6

0.126

6–10

56

5(8.9%)

12(21.4%)

39(69.6%)

33.9 ± 12.6

7(12.5%)

15(26.8%)

34(60.7%)

12.6 ± 6.7

37(66.1%)

13(23.2%)

6(10.7%)

29.1 ± 8.4

11–15

46

6(13.0%)

8(17.3%)

32(69.6%)

31.2 ± 10.5

8(17.3%)

12(26.1%)

26(56.5%)

11.2 ± 6.3

28(60.9%)

11(23.9%)

7(15.2%)

30.6 ± 8.2

> 15

47

10(21.3%)

12(25.5%)

25(53.2%)

28.7 ± 11.3

13(27.7%)

17(37.0%)

17(36.1%)

8.8 ± 5.3

22(47.8%)

19(40.4%)

6(12.8%)

32.8 ± 7.2

Average working hours a week

≤ 30

5

0(0.0%)

2(40.0%)

3(60.0%)

32.2 ± 10.0

0.001

1(20.0%)

2(40.0%)

2(40.0%)

11.0 ± 6.3

0.474

3(60.0%)

1(20.0%)

1(20.0%)

33.2 ± 7.0

0.743

31–40

114

15(13.2%)

25(21.9%)

74(64.9%)

30.9 ± 11.3

16(14.0%)

34(29.8%)

64(56.1%)

11.5 ± 6.0

68(59.6%)

35(30.7%)

11(9.6%)

30.2 ± 8.4

41–50

114

14(12.3%)

16(14.0%)

84(73.7%)

33.8 ± 11.5

21(18.4%)

30(26.3%)

63(55.3%)

11.8 ± 6.7

71(62.3%)

29(25.4%)

14(12.3%)

31.3 ± 7.4

> 50

21

0(0.0%)

2(9.5%)

19(90.5%)

41.7 ± 10.4

3(14.3%)

4(19.0%)

14(66.7%)

13.9 ± 8.4

12(57.1%)

6(28.6%)

3(14.3%)

30.3 ± 8.1

Average night shifts in one month

≤ 25%

64

12(18.8%)

16(25.0%)

36(56.3%)

29.2 ± 11.4

0.014

14(21.9%)

24(37.5%)

26(40.6%)

9.9 ± 6.4

0.038

33(51.6%)

22(34.4%)

9(14.1%)

31.5 ± 8.4

0.445

25–50%

74

5(6.8%)

15(20.3%)

54(73.0%)

33.9 ± 10.8

8(10.8%)

16(21.6%)

50(65.8%)

13.0 ± 6.4

47(63.5%)

18(24.3%)

9(12.2%)

29.5 ± 8.7

50–75%

60

6(10.0%)

6(10.0%)

48(80.0%)

35.6 ± 11.9

10(16.7%)

16(26.7%)

34(56.7%)

12.2 ± 6.4

39(65.0%)

16(26.7%)

5(8.3%)

30.5 ± 7.5

≥ 75%

56

6(10.7%)

8(14.3%)

42(75.0%)

34.0 ± 11.7

9(16.1%)

14(25.0%)

33(58.9%)

12.0 ± 6.7

35(62.5%)

15(26.8%)

6(10.7%)

31.3 ± 6.6

Taking pharmaceuticals to help me sleep

No

184

23(12.5%)

39(21.2%)

122(66.3%)

32.0 ± 11.5

0.010

34(18.5%)

56(30.4%)

94(51.1%)

11.5 ± 6.8

0.171

109(59.2%)

52(28.3%)

23(12.5%)

30.9 ± 7.9

0.413

Yes

70

6(8.6%)

6(8.6%)

58(82.9%)

36.1 ± 11.6

7(10.0%)

14(20.0%)

49(70.0%)

12.7 ± 5.8

45(64.3%)

19(27.1%)

6(8.6%)

30.0 ± 8.0

Having alcoholic drinks

No

107

16(15.0%)

17(15.9%)

74(69.2%)

32.6 ± 11.5

0.559

23(21.5%)

28(26.2%)

56(52.3%)

10.9 ± 6.3

0.071

63(58.9%)

31(29.0%)

13(12.2%)

30.4 ± 8.2

0.625

Yes

147

13(8.8%)

28(19.1%)

106(72.1%)

33.5 ± 11.8

18(12.2%)

42(28.6%)

87(59.2%)

12.4 ± 6.7

91(61.9%)

40(27.2%)

16(10.9%)

30.8 ± 7.7

Exercise regularly

No

106

12(11.3%)

18(17.0%)

76(71.7%)

33.3 ± 11.8

0.866

16(15.1%)

28(26.4%)

62(58.5%)

11.7 ± 6.3

0.890

71(67.0%)

24(22.6%)

11(10.4%)

29.4 ± 8.3

0.033

Yes

148

17(11.5%)

27(18.2%)

104(70.3%)

33.0 ± 11.6

25(16.9%)

42(28.4%)

81(54.7%)

11.9 ± 6.8

83(56.1%)

47(31.8%)

18(12.2%)

31.5 ± 7.5

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