Table 3 Response rates to “Emotional Exhaustion” items among after-hours, house call doctors in Australia
From: Burnout among after-hours home visit doctors in Australia
Emotional exhaustion items | Low-level burnout never + Few times Per Year (%) | Moderate burnout once per month Or less + Few times per Month (%) | High-level burnout once per week + Few times per week + Everyday (%) | Mean: out of 6 (95 % CI) | Standard error of mean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Feeling emotionally drained (Valid 140) | 60 (42.8) | 49 (35.0) | 31 (22.1) | 2.20 (1.92–2.48) | 0.14 |
2 | Feeling Used Up (Valid 140) | 55 (39.2) | 43 (30.7) | 42 (30.0) | 2.47 (2.16–2.78 | 0.16 |
3 | Feeling fatigued in the mornings (Valid 140) | 65 (46.4) | 44 (31.4) | 31 (22.1) | 2.24 (1.93–2.55) | 0.16 |
4 | Driving round is a strain (Valid 139) | 68 (49.0) | 39 (28.1) | 32 (23.0) | 2.02 (1.70–2.35) | 0.16 |
5 | Feeling burned out (Valid 139) | 83 (59.7) | 26 (18.8) | 30 (21.6) | 1.76 (1.45–2.08) | 0.16 |
6 | Feeling frustrated (Valid 139)) | 85 (61.2) | 30 (21.2) | 24 (17.3) | 1.61 (1.31–1.91) | 0.15 |
7 | Working too hard (Valid 137) | 83 (60.6) | 26 (19.0) | 28 (20.4) | 1.73 (1.42–2.04) | 0.16 |
8 | Stressed working with people (Valid 138) | 98 (71.0) | 23 (16.6) | 17 (12.3) | 1.22 (1.93–2.55) | 0.14 |
9 | Feeling at the end of the rope (Valid 140) | 113 (81.9) | 13 (9.4) | 12 (8.7) | 0.72 (0.46–0.97) | 0.13 |
TOTALS (%) | 710 (56.8) | 293 (23.4) | 247 (19.8) | 15.97 |