Emotional Burnout, Perceived Sources of Job Stress, Professional Fulfillment, and Engagement among Medical Residents in Malaysia

Table 4

Association between emotional burnout and perceived sources of job stress among respondents (𝑛=191).

Sources of job stress	Emotional burnout mean (SD)		𝑃 value
	Yes	No
Fear of making mistakes.	23.4 (10.5)	19.9 (8.5)	0.177
Time pressures and difficulty to meet deadlines.	25.0 (9.8)	17.6 (10.3)	<0.001
Working with uncooperative and incompetent colleagues.	24.2 (9.9)	20.0 (11.1)	0.016
Lack of adequate comfortable rest rooms and other facilities for resident doctors.	24.5 (9.7)	19.3 (11.4)	0.002
Lack of incentives and promotions.	24.9 (9.8)	18.1 (10.5)	<0.001
Feeling of underpaid.	25.1 (9.8)	17.8 (9.9)	<0.001
Feeling of inadequate knowledge and skills to meet work demand and objectives.	24.4 (9.8)	19.4 (11.1)	0.006
Work overload and “on-call.”	25.2 (9.6)	18.2 (10.7)	<0.001
Work demands affect personal and home life.	25.5 (9.8)	17.6 (9.6)	<0.001
Inadequate skills for dealing with more difficult aspects of work matters.	25.1 (10.0)	19.3 (10.1)	<0.001
Worries about finances.	24.3 (9.3)	21.7 (11.5)	0.084
Lack of support and unfair assessment from supervisor.	26.0 (9.7)	19.6 (10.1)	<0.001
Working outside one’s competence.	26.2 (9.1)	19.7 (10.7)	<0.001
Fear of infection.	25.9 (9.8)	20.3 (10.3)	<0.001
Lack of resources.	25.2 (9.7)	21.0 (10.7)	0.005
Feeling unsafe during work.	26.3 (9.6)	20.4 (10.3)	<0.001
Feeling insecure in this job.	26.3 (8.7)	21.0 (10.9)	<0.001
Difficulty in maintaining relationship with supervisor.	27.5 (9.7)	20.3 (9.8)	<0.001