Workplace Social Support as a Mediating Factor in the Association between Occupational Stressors and Job Burnout: A Study in the Taiwanese Nursing Context

Table 1

Distribution of demographic data and nursing burnout across categorical elements (N = 500).

Variables	N (%)	Personal burnout mean (SD)	Work-related burnout mean (SD)	Client-related burnout mean (SD)
Age (years)
20–29	235 (47.0)	50.32 (16.80)	48.51 (17.04)	36.13 (17.44)
30–39	121 (24.2)	54.59 (17.50)	50.37 (17.30)	38.29 (15.54)
40–49	90 (18.0)	55.06 (18.35)	48.72 (15.52)	36.53 (13.94)
≥50	54 (10.8)	50.74 (21.24)	45.56 (20.85)	35.26 (17.43)
t/F		2.50	0.98	0.61
		0.059	0.400	0.608
Gender
Male	19 (3.8)	53.42 (18.71)	51.84 (17.97)	41.67 (17.62)
Female	481 (96.2)	52.20 (17.84)	48.56 (17.27)	36.43 (16.32)
t/F		0.09	0.66	1.87
		0.771	0.417	0.172
Education level
College	50 (10.0)	49.60 (16.84)	46.90 (17.55)	34.58 (15.55)
University	431 (86.2)	52.69 (17.65)	49.26 (17.04)	37.19 (16.54)
Masters or above	19 (3.8)	49.21 (24.17)	40.26 (20.44)	29.39 (13.21)
t/F		0.96	2.78	2.51
		0.384	0.063	0.082
Marital status
Single	326 (65.2)	51.67 (18.39)	49.48 (17.56)	37.32 (16.91)
Married	174 (34.8)	53.33 (16.79)	47.18 (16.71)	35.34 (15.32)
t/F		0.98	2.00	1.65
		0.332	0.158	0.199
Working unit
(1) Medical unit	128 (25.6)	49.73 (15.48)	47.50 (15.41)	37.79 (14.54)
(2) Surgical unit	112 (22.4)	51.92 (17.09)	47.59 (16.58)	35.75 (16.75)
(3) Gynecology and pediatrics	40 (8.0)	49.13 (19.74)	44.50 (16.82)	30.63 (13.98)
(4) General department ward	74 (14.8)	50.20 (18.50)	47.50 (18.38)	33.61 (17.60)
(5) ICU	101 (20.2)	57.92 (17.14)	52.82 (16.96)	37.42 (14.65)
(6) ER	31 (6.2)	55.48 (24.13)	55.32 (21.41)	49.46 (21.35)
(7) Dialysis room	14 (2.8)	49.64 (17.59)	41.79 (20.44)	32.14 (14.75)
t/F		2.78	2.78	5.10
		0.012	0.011	0.000
Scheffe		—	—	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 < 6

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