Table 3 Consultants’ professional characteristics and high burnout scores
From: Prevalence of burnout among neurologists in Saudi Arabia
| Consultants (n = 62) | Emotional exhaustion (score ≥ 26) | Depersonalization (score ≥ 9) | Low personal accomplishment (score ≤ 33) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Work hours/week | |||||||
| 8–25 | 2 | 3.3 | 3 | 4.9 | 4 | 6.6 | X2 = 6.17 |
| 26–48 | 11 | 18.0 | 4 | 6.6 | 11 | 18.0 | P = 0.26 |
| > 48 | 8 | 13.1 | 9 | 14.8 | 5 | 8.2 | |
| Night calls/month | |||||||
| 0–5 | 7 | 11.5 | 4 | 6.6 | 5 | 8.2 | X2 = 2.16 |
| 6–10 | 10 | 16.4 | 8 | 13.1 | 8 | 13.1 | P = 0.7 |
| > 10 | 6 | 9.8 | 5 | 8.2 | 7 | 11.5 | |
| Year of practice | |||||||
| > 2 | 1 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.6 | 2 | 3.3 | |
| 2 to 5 | 3 | 4.9 | 4 | 6.6 | 3 | 4.9 | X2 = 3.22 |
| 6 to 10 | 9 | 14.8 | 6 | 9.8 | 8 | 13.1 | P = 0.78 |
| 11 to 15 | 3 | 4.9 | 2 | 3.3 | 5 | 8.2 | |
| > 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6.6 | 2 | 3.3 | |