Research Article

Assessment of Occupational Burnout among Intensive Care Unit Staff in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, Using the Maslach Burnout Inventory

Table 1

Participant characteristics and mean (SD) of the MBI subscale scores of ICU staff according to sociodemographic, environmental, and work variables.

Mean (SD) of the MBI subscale score
CharacteristicN = 104 (n (%))Emotional exhaustionDepersonalizationPersonal accomplishment

Gender
 Female63 (61%)22.83 (16.44)9.84 (8.27)29.13 (13.09)
 Male41 (39%)21.85 (12.41)8.17 (5.89)30.27 (11.75)
Age
 18–24 years old5 (4.8%)35.6 (16.07)15.8 (8.44)29.6 (12.14)
 25–34 years old60 (58%)20.75 (15.1)8.63 (7.39)29.78 (13.36)
 35–44 years old33 (32%)24.09 (14.6)9.48 (7.31)29.76 (11.58)
 45 and above6 (5.8%)19.33 (9.44)7.5 (6.72)26.5 (11.76)
Education
 Diploma16 (15%)18.69 (13.6)9.13 (6.41)25.94 (13.97)
 Bachelor’s degree72 (69%)22.83 (15.92)9.1 (7.94)30.56 (12.51)
 Master’s degree8 (7.7%)28.38 (13.56)10.63 (5.97)31.5 (7.46)
 Doctorate degree8 (7.7%)20.5 (6.97)8.63 (6.86)26.13 (13.82)
Occupation
 Nurse62 (60%)23.4 (16.21)9.98 (8.15)29.87 (13.15)
 Physician30 (29%)20.03 (12.02)7.33 (5.81)27.03 (12.15)
 Respiratory therapist12 (12%)23.5 (15.04)9.67 (6.91)34.42 (8.83)
Years of experience
 0–5 years40 (38%)24.45 (14.71)10.4 (8.02)31.13 (13.05)
 6–10 years34 (33%)20.03 (15.31)7.24 (6.06)27.53 (12.76)
 >10 years30 (29%)22.5 (14.87)9.77 (7.82)29.83 (11.61)
Health status perception
 Good87 (84%)20.53 (14.68)8.53 (7.52)29.56 (13.2)
 Fair10 (9.6%)31.6 (13.01)11.4 (7.49)31 (8.59)
 Poor7 (6.7%)33.14 (12.46)14.14 (3.39)27.71 (8.94)
Satisfaction with work
 Good65 (62%)18.88 (14.75)8.23 (7.85)29.35 (13.18)
 Intermediate29 (28%)25.59 (11.94)9.59 (6.33)28.1 (12.13)
 Poor10 (9.6%)36.5 (14.65)14.2 (5.88)35.3 (7.75)
Type of hospital
 Public82 (79%)23.83 (15.5)9.26 (7.61)30.21 (12.3)
 Private22 (21%)17.27 (11.4)8.91 (6.9)27.23 (13.37)
Weekly over time
 0–5 hours33 (32%)15.73 (11.73)6.82 (6.91)27.67 (13.67)
 6–10 hours32 (31%)26.44 (14.28)11.28 (7.43)31.47 (11.64)
 >10 hours39 (38%)24.85 (16.21)9.46 (7.48)29.64 (12.31)
Shift duty
 Alternant76 (73%)20.09 (14.54)8.09 (7.1)28.38 (13.17)
 Day25 (24%)28 (14.61)11.8 (7.84)32.16 (10.49)
 Night3 (2.9%)35.67 (11.06)15 (6.24)38.33 (2.08)
Marital status
 Single34 (33%)23.06 (14.67)9.5 (8.22)31 (13.72)
 Married68 (65%)22.12 (15.36)9.04 (7.16)28.81 (11.98)
 Divorced2 (1.9%)23 (4.24)8.5 (4.95)31.5 (14.85)
Household income (SAR monthly)
 5000–1000076 (73%)22.95 (15.77)9.59 (7.72)30.61 (12.71)
 11000–2000016 (15%)18.38 (13.17)7.13 (6.93)25.69 (11.38)
 21000–300006 (5.8%)31.67 (9.09)9.83 (5.08)32.83 (8.42)
 >31000–400003 (2.9%)20 (9.54)14 (7.81)28 (18.03)
 400003 (2.9%)15.33 (7.57)3.67 (2.89)19.33 (14.01)

n, number of individuals; SD, standard deviation. ; ; ; blanks in the table indicate an insignificant P value for the three subscales in that test. The mean of the MBI subscale scores that are higher than the MBI norm sample is highlighted in bold.