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Table 3 Relationship of Dimensions of burnout in different wards in terms of demographic and occupational characteristics

From: Burnout among Iranian nurses: a national survey

Dimensions of burnout

Personal Burnout

Nature work-related burnout

Work aversion-related burnout

Client-related burnout

Demographic and occupational characteristics

Surgical

Medical

Critical Care

Surgical

Medical

Critical Care

Surgical

Medical

Critical Care

Surgical

Medical

Critical Care

Gender Mean (SD)

Male

36.50 (18.13)

74.28 (15.47)

69.15 (18.37)

43.51 (16.87)

70.00 (17.45)

75.37 (21.78)

32.40 (9.55)

53.75 (27.62)

76.32 (13.32)

37.03 (13.34)

74.16 (14.89)

76.23 (15.81)

Female

47.35 (19.26)

58.87 (18.40)

70.12 (18.31)

52.15 (22.38)

56.58 (19.61)

76.30 (21.70)

38.13 (14.00)

42.34 (23.16)

76.01 (13.83)

46.24 (23.27)

62.56 (21.45)

75.14 (18.69)

P-value

< 0.01

< 0.001

.76

< 0.05

< 0.001

.81

< 0.001

< 0.05

.89

< 0.01

< 0.01

.73

Nurse’s educational level Mean (SD)

Bachelor of Science

47.73 (19.21)

61.14 (18.54)

70.39 (17.49)

52.97 (21.62)

59.03 (18.88)

76.69 (20.93)

38.92 (13.05)

44.42 (23.57)

75.98 (13.28)

47.37 (21.90)

65.19 (19.71)

75.90 (17.58)

Master of Science

26.69 (7.92)

48.80 (17.58)

58.16 (30.49)

28.50 (13.96)

40.27 (25.44)

61.90 (32.93)

19.07 (8.70)

28.47 (24.05)

78.57 (21.43)

17.54 (12.38)

40.27 (29.04)

65.47 (23.16)

P-value

< 0.001

< 0.01

.33

< 0.001

< 0.01

.28

< 0.001

< 0.01

0.62

< 0.00

< 0.001

.13

Marital status Mean (SD)

single

38.26 (19.03)

58.71 (17.42)

70.42 (17.19)

43.28 (18.28)

54.96 (21.12)

78.07 (21.22)

32.83 (13.17)

40.86 (24.31)

74.85 (13.12)

36.65 (16.38)

58.18 (22.62)

74.56 (16.84)

married

52.22 (17.94)

61.25 (19.48)

69.80 (18.44)

57.27 (22.95)

59.34 (18.90)

75.00 (22.11)

41.99 (41.99)

44.67 (23.62)

76.43 (13.93)

52.17 (24.03)

66.57 (19.71)

75.71 (18.50)

divorced

35.71 (0.00)

67.85 (0.00)

76.78 (32.82)

41.66 (0.00)

75.00 (0.00)

79.16 (17.67)

16.66 (0.00)

62.50 (0.00)

91.66 (11.78)

33.33 (0.00)

83.33 (0.00)

95.83 (5.89)

widow

32.14 (0.00)

  

33.33 (0.00)

  

8.33 (0.00)

  

8.33 (0.00)

  

Living alone

  

28.57 (0.00)

  

58.33 (0.00)

  

83.33 (0.00)

  

58.33 (0.00)

P-value

< 0.001

0.41

0.14

< 0.001

0.05

0.70

< 0.001

0.15

0.33

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.30

Age

r

0.11

−0.009

−0.4

0.12

−0.35

−0.39

0.01

−0.13

−0.11

0.004

−0.05

−0.35

P-value

0.06

0.88

< 0.001

0.03

0.54

< 0.001

0.75

0.02

0.15

0.94

0.35

< 0.001

Nursing experience

r

0.13

0.005

−0.35

0.12

0.002

−0.34

−0.008

− 0.12

−0.14

− 0.02

−0.03

− 0.34

P-value

0.01

0.92

< 0.001

0.04

0.96

< 0.001

0.88

0.03

0.06

0.63

0.49

< 0.001