Burnout in Medical Residents: A Study Based on the Job Demands-Resources Model
Table 3
Characteristics of “burned out” and “nonburned out” residents.
Burnedout residents ()
Nonburned out residents ()
Demographics
Age in years
32.8 (2.3)
33.6 (3.4)
0.162
Male gender (%)
24 (63.2)
117 (52.0)
0.202
Marital status
0.170
Single (%)
29 (76.3)
140 (62.2)
Married (%)
9 (22.0)
76 (34.2)
Divorced (%)
0 (0.0)
9 (4.1)
Work-related characteristics
Type of specialty
0.015*
Medical (%)
13 (34.2)
116 (51.5)
Surgical (%)
19 (50.0)
60 (26.7)
Other (%)
6 (15.8)
49 (21.8)
Months remaining to complete training
26.6 (15.0)
25.9 (15.3)
0.789
Years between graduation and beginning of training
2.9 (1.9)
3.0 (1.8)
0.730
Working hours per day (not including on-call duties)
8.4 (1.8)
7.9 (1.5)
0.061
Working hours per week (including on-call duties)
66.7 (13.1)
60.0 (14.7)
0.016*
EWTD complied (%)
8 (21.1)
93 (41.3)
0.034*
On-calls per month
7.0 (1.7)
6.9 (1.6)
0.910
Days-off per month
0.8 (1.3)
1.8 (1.7)
0.002**
Residents/specialist ratio
1.5 (0.6)
2.0 (1.0)
0.007**
Patients/resident ratio
3.2 (2.3)
2.2 (2.1)
0.005**
Job demands and resources
Support from colleagues
11.1 (3.0)
11.6 (2.5)
0.247
Supervisor’s support
11.2 (4.8)
14.2 (5.0)
0.001**
Workload
17.3 (2.5)
16.0 (2.9)
0.011*
Intellectual demands
13.5 (1.9)
12.8 (1.9)
0.042*
Emotional demands
21.3 (4.1)
19.4 (4.5)
0.017*
Work-home demands conflict
10.1 (2.5)
8.0 (2.6)
<0.001***
Autonomy
6.6 (2.0)
8.1 (2.0)
<0.001***
Opportunities for professional development
7.1 (1.9)
9.1 (1.9)
<0.001***
Noncontinuous variables are given as percentages. Continuous variables are presented as mean values with their corresponding standard deviation. EWTD, European working time directive. ; ; .
