Research Article
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 | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 |
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Mean values with 95% confidence intervals.
1MBI: Maslach burnout inventory, 2BCI: basic character inventory.
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