Emotional Burnout, Perceived Sources of Job Stress, Professional Fulfillment, and Engagement among Medical Residents in Malaysia

Table 3

Association between sociodemographic factors and emotional burnout (𝑛=191).

Variables	Mean (SD)	P value
Gender
Male	23.6 (10.9)	0.529
Female	22.7 (10.0)
Age
≤24	21.8 (5.8)	0.850
25–27	23.3 (10.6)
≥28	22.9 (11.1)
Ethnicity
Malay	24.4 (8.9)	0.077
Chinese	24.0 (10.4)
Indian	20.5 (11.6)
Marital status
Single	22.5 (10.4)	0.132
Married/cohabiting	25.4 (10.0)
University graduated
Local public	23.1 (7.9)	0.614
Local private	21.8 (9.1)
International	23.8 (13.1)
Graduate qualification
Distinction	23.1 (8.9)	0.060
Honors	19.7 (10.2)
Pass	24.1 (10.4)
Current month of residency training
≤12 months	22.2 (9.5)	0.199
13–24 months	24.1 (11.5)
>24 months	29.8 (9.6)
Current rotation
Obstetrics & Gynecology	30.2 (12.8)	0.008
Medicine	22.8 (7.3)
Surgery	19.5 (11.7)
Emergency Medicine	22.3 (9.9)
Pediatrics	24.4 (10.2)
Orthopedics	21.5 (11.2)
Work hours over the past week
60 hours	21.7 (10.2)	0.019
72 hours	25.3 (10.3)
Smoking
Yes	24.3 (10.9)	0.606
No	23.0 (10.4)
Alcohol
Yes	24.7 (11.9)	0.434
No	22.9 (10.2)