Research Article
Risk of Burnout in Danish GPs and Exploration of Factors Associated with Development of Burnout: A Two-Wave Panel Study
Table 1
Characteristics of the 381 GPs who participated in the 2004 survey and the 216 GPs who participated in both surveys (the panel group).
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2004
(%) |
2012
(%) | | | All
381 (100) | Men
232 (60.9) | Women
149 (39.1) | All
216 (100) | Men
119 (55.1) | Women
97 (44.9) |
| | Age | | | | | | | | <45 | 60 (15.8) | 22 (9.5) | 38 (25.5) | 2 (0.9) | 2 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | | 45–49 | 87 (22.8) | 43 (18.5) | 44 (29.5) | 28 (13.0) | 11 (9.2) | 17 (17.5) | | 50–54 | 81 (21.3) | 48 (20.7) | 33 (22.2) | 57 (26.4) | 23 (19.3) | 34 (35.1) | | 55–59 | 102 (26.8) | 75 (32.3) | 27 (18.1) | 55 (25.5) | 30 (25.2) | 25 (25.8) | | >59 | 46 (12.1) | 40 (17.2) | 6 (4.0) | 67 (31.0) | 49 (41.2) | 18 (18.6) | | Missing information | 5 (1.3) | 4 (1.7) | 1 (0.7) | 7 (3.2) | 4 (3.4) | 3 (3.1) | | Marital status | | | | | | | | Married | 347 (91.1) | 217 (93.5) | 130 (87.3) | 193 (89.4) | 109 (91.6) | 84 (86.6) | | Single | 27 (7.1) | 12 (5.2) | 15 (10.1) | 20 (9.3) | 10 (8.4) | 10 (10.3) | | Missing information | 7 (1.8) | 3 (1.3) | 4 (2.7) | 3 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (3.1) | | Practice organisation | | | | | | | | Solo practice | 92 (24.1) | 76 (32.8) | 16 (10.7) | 33 (15.3) | 26 (21.9) | 7 (7.2) | | Group practice | 33 (8.7) | 25 (10.8) | 8 (5.4) | 33 (15.3) | 25 (21.0) | 8 (8.3) | | Shared practice | 94 (24.7) | 42 (18.1) | 52 (34.9) | 54 (25.0) | 23 (19.3) | 31 (31.7) | | Partnership practice | 147 (38.6) | 81 (34.9) | 66 (44.3) | 93 (43.1) | 44 (37.0) | 49 (50.5) | | Missing information | 15 (3.9) | 8 (3.5) | 7 (4.7) | 3 (1.4) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (2.1) | | Open access | | | | | | | | Yes, every day | 32 (8.4) | 22 (9.5) | 10 (6.7) | 37 (17.1) | 23 (19.3) | 14 (14.4) | | Yes, but less than every day | 21 (5.5) | 13 (5.6) | 8 (5.4) | 13 (6.0) | 5 (4.2) | 8 (8.3) | | No | 328 (86.1) | 197 (84.9) | 131 (87.9) | 166 (76.9) | 91 (76.5) | 75 (77.3) | | Weekly patient-related working hours in practice | | | | | | | | <37 | 119 (31.2) | 60 (25.9) | 59 (39.6) | 96 (44.4) | 49 (41.2) | 47 (48.5) | | 37–41 | 126 (33.1) | 81 (34.9) | 45 (30.2) | 59 (27.3) | 32 (26.9) | 27 (27.8) | | 42–46 | 80 (21.0) | 51 (22.0) | 29 (19.5) | 29 (13.4) | 19 (16.0) | 10 (10.3) | | 47–51 | 40 (10.5) | 26 (11.2) | 14 (9.4) | 16 (7.4) | 10 (8.4) | 6 (6.2) | | >51 | 11 (2.9) | 11 (4.7) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (2.8) | 2 (1.7) | 4 (4.1) | | Missing information | 5 (1.3) | 3 (1.3) | 2 (1.3) | 10 (4.6) | 7 (5.9) | 3 (3.1) | | Monthly working hours in out-of-hour primary care | | | | | | | | 0 | 144 (37.8) | 81 (34.9) | 63 (42.3) | 110 (50.9) | 59 (49.6) | 51 (52.6) | | 1–24 | 125 (32.8) | 75 (32.3) | 50 (33.6) | 79 (36.6) | 41 (34.5) | 38 (39.2) | | >24 | 89 (23.4) | 66 (28.5) | 23 (15.4) | 21 (9.7) | 17 (14.3) | 4 (4.1) | | Missing information | 23 (6.0) | 10 (4.3) | 13 (8.7) | 6 (2.8) | 2 (1.7) | 4 (4.1) | | Estimated time used per consultation | | | | | | | | ≥13 min | 295 (77.4) | 169 (72.8) | 126 (84.6) | 177 (81.9) | 93 (78.2) | 84 (86.6) | | <13 min | 81 (21.3) | 60 (25.9) | 21 (14.1) | 38 (17.6) | 25 (21.0) | 13 (13.4) | | Missing information | 5 (1.3) | 3 (1.3) | 2 (1.3) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | | Number of patients per GP | | | | | | | | <1226 | 97 (25.5) | 47 (20.3) | 50 (33.6) | 46 (21.3) | 23 (19.3) | 23 (23.7) | | 1226–1620 | 192 (50.4) | 115 (49.6) | 77 (51.7) | 113 (52.3) | 59 (49.6) | 54 (55.7) | | >1620 | 92 (24.2) | 70 (30.2) | 22 (14.8) | 57 (26.4) | 37 (31.1) | 20 (20.6) ) | | Number of consultations per GP in 2003 | | | | | | | | <3588 | 92 (24.2) | 45 (19.4) | 47 (31.5) | 51 (23.6) | 23 (19.3) | 28 (28.9) | | 3588–4993 | 195 (51.2) | 115 (49.6) | 80 (53.7) | 114 (52.8) | 58 (48.7) | 56 (57.7) | | >4993 | 94 (24.7) | 72 (31.0) | 22 (14.8) | 51 (23.6) | 38 (31.9) | 13 (13.4 | | General practice would still be your choice if you were to select medical specialty today | | | | | | | | Yes | 323 (84.8) | 188 (81.0) | 135 (90.6) | 183 (84.7) | 103 (86.6) | 80 (82.5) | | Neutral | 30 (7.9) | 23 (9.9) | 7 (4.7) | 22 (10.2) | 12 (10.1) | 10 (10.3) | | No | 21 (5.5) | 16 (6.9) | 5 (3.4) | 7 (3.2) | 3 (2.5) | 4 (4.1) | | Missing information | 7 (1.8) | 5 (2.2) | 2 (1.3) | 4 (1.9) | 1 (0.8) | 3 (3.1) | | Emotional exhaustion | | | | | | | | Low emotional exhaustion | 339 (89.0) | 205 (88.4) | 134 (89.9) | 181 (83.8) | 104 (87.4) | 77 (79.4) | | High emotional exhaustion | 36 (9.5) | 23 (9.9) | 13 (8.7) | 32 (14.8) | 14 (11.8) | 18 (18.6) | | Missing information | 6 (1.6) | 4 (1.7) | 2 (1.3) | 3 (1.4) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (2.1) | | Depersonalisation | | | | | | | | Low depersonalisation | 308 (80.8) | 183 (78.9) | 125 (83.9) | 192 (88.9) | 105 (88.2) | 87 (89.7) | | High depersonalisation | 66 (17.3) | 44 (19.0) | 22 (14.8) | 22 (10.2) | 13 (10.9) | 9 (9.3) | | Missing information | 7 (1.8) | 5 (2.2) | 2 (1.3) | 2 (0.9) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.0) | | Personal accomplishment | | | | | | | | High pers. accomplishment | 226 (59.3) | 130 (56.0) | 96 (64.4) | 157 (72.7) | 85 (71.4) | 72 (74.2) | | Low pers. accomplishment | 137 (36.0) | 93 (40.1) | 44 (29.5) | 55 (25.5) | 32 (26.9) | 23 (23.7) | | Missing information | 18 (4.7) | 9 (3.9) | 9 (6.0) | 4 (1.9) | 2 (1.7) | 2 (2.1) | | Moderate degree of burnout | 89 (23.4) | 58 (25.0) | 31 (20.8) | 45 (20.8) | 22 (18.5) | 23 (23.7) | | Severe degree of burnout | 10 (2.6) | 7 (3.0) | 3 (2.0) | 8 (3.7) | 5 (4.2) | 3 (3.1) |
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