Research Article
Attrition of Nursing Professionals in Ghana: An Effect of Burnout on Intention to Quit
Table 2
Intention to quit the profession and burnout among participants.
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage, % [range] |
| Intention to quit the profession | Yes | 185 | 49.3 | No | 190 | 50.7 |
| Burnout emotional exhaustion | Low | 223 | 59.5 | Moderate | 114 | 30.4 | High | 38 | 10.1 | Mean (±SD) | 16.4 (±9.1) | [0–42] |
| Depersonalisation | Low | 143 | 38.1 | Moderate | 142 | 37.9 | High | 90 | 24.0 | Mean (±SD) | 8.1 (±6.1) | [0–41] |
| Personal accomplishment | Low | 211 | 56.3 | Moderate | 80 | 21.3 | High | 84 | 22.4 | Mean (±SD) | 38.4 (±8.5) | [2–48] |
| Overall burnout | Yes | 8 | 2.1 | No | 367 | 97.9 |
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SD: standard deviation.
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