Job Satisfaction and Burnout among Intensive Care Unit Nurses and Physicians

Table 2

Staff characteristics. Differences between professions and gender.

	All	Nurses	Physicians		Male	Female
	𝑁=145	𝑁=129	𝑁=16		𝑁=23	𝑁=122
Females	84%	87%	25%	**
Mean years in ICU	8.8 (7.8–9.7)	8.8 (7.8–9.8)	7.6 (4.3–10.9)	ns	7.5 (5.4–9.5)	8.9 (7.8–10.0)	ns
Burnout (MBI)^1
Emotional exhaustion	2.3 (2.2–2.4)	2.3 (2.2–2.4)	2.2 (2.0–2.4)	ns	2.2 (2.0–2.4)	2.3 (2.2–2.4)	ns
Depersonalisation	1.6 (1.5–1.7)	1.6 (1.5–1.7)	1.4 (1.2–1.6)	ns	1.6 (1.4–1.8)	1.6 (1.5–1.7)	ns
Personal accomplishment	3.5 (3.4–3.5)	3.5 (3.4–3.6)	3.4 (3.2–3.6)	ns	3.4 (3.3–3.5)	3.5 (3.4–3.6)	ns
Job satisfaction	44.7 (43.3–46.1)	43.9 (42.4–45.4)	51.1 (45.3–56.9)	*	44.6 (40.3–48.9)	44.3 (42.7–45.9)	ns
Job stress	2.6 (2.5–2.7)	2.6 (2.5–2.7)	2.7 (2.3–3.1)	ns	2.5 (2.2–2.7)	2.6 (2.5–2.7)	ns
Personality (BCI)^2
Neuroticism	3.1 (2.7–3.4)	3.1 (2.7–3.5)	2.8 (1.8–3.8)	ns	2.0 (1.1–2.9)	3.3 (2.9–3.7)	*
Extroversion	5.7 (5.3–6.2)	5.7 (5.2–6.1)	6.1 (4.7–7.4)	ns	5.7 (4.6–6.8)	5.7 (5.2–6.2)	ns
Control	3.8 (3.5–4.1)	3.9 (3.6–4.2)	2.9 (1.7–4.1)	*	4.2 (3.2–5.2)	3.8 (3.5–4.2)	ns

Mean values with 95% confidence intervals.
¹MBI: Maslach burnout inventory, ²BCI: basic character inventory.
** 𝑃<0.001, *𝑃<0.05.