Table 1 Characteristics of responding physicians
From: Symptoms of burnout in intensive care unit specialists facing the COVID-19 outbreak
Numbers (%) or median (interquartile ranges) | Total, 1001 respondents |
|---|---|
Age | 45 (39–53) |
Female gender | 342 (34.2%) |
Single | 170 (17%) |
Number of children | 2 (0–2) |
Religiosity (0 not at all—100 very religious) | 26 (1–61) |
Current smoker | 97 (9.7%) |
Sleeping pills intake | 374 (37.4%) |
Excessive alcohol intake (self-report) | 121 (12.1%) |
Live in a city > 1 million inhabitants | 403 (40.3%) |
Work in a university-affiliated hospital | 551 (55.1%) |
Number of ICU beds baseline/during the surge | 20 (11–36)/35 (20–60) |
Number of night shifts per month | 5 (3–6) |
Number of COVID-19 patients managed | 30 (14–60) |
Ratings (0 poor–10 excellent) | |
Relationship with doctors | 8 (7–9) |
Relationship with nurses | 9 (8–9) |
Relationship with administrators | 7 (5–8) |
Relationship with referring physicians | 8 (7–9) |
Quality of the decision-making | 8 (7–9) |
Ethical climate | 8 (7–9) |
Mental health outcomes | |
Hospital anxiety and depression scale, anxiety subscale N = 848 respondents | 7 (4–9) |
Presence of symptoms of anxiety | 395 (46.6%) |
Hospital anxiety and depression scale, depression subscale | 4 (2–7) |
Presence of symptoms of depression | 256 (30.2%) |
Maslach burnout inventory N = 846 respondents | −8 (−21 to 8) |
Presence of severe burnout | 439 (51.8%) |
Emotional exhaustion sub score | 18 (10–29) |
Depersonalization sub score | 8 (4–12) |
Personal accomplishment sub score | 35 (29–40) |