Table 3

Comparison of burnout, SCL-5, job stress and suicidal thoughts between Sana-doctors and Norwegian doctors 1993.


Sana-doctors Estimated Marginal Mean (95% CI of standard error)
Norwegian doctors 1993 Estimated Marginal Mean (95% CI of standard error)
Sign.

MBI – emotional exhaustion (1–5)
3.11 (3.00–3.22)
2.52 (2.46–2.57)
p < 0.001 ‡
MBI – reduced empathy (1–5)
1.96 (1.89–2.03)
1.92 (1.89–1.96)
ns † ‡
MBI – reduced capacity (1–5)
2.31 (2.25–2.37)
2.45 (2.42–2.48)
p < 0.001 ‡
SCL-5 (1–5)
2.91 (2.81–3.01)
1.55 (1.50–1.60)
p < 0.001
Job stress: Total (1–5)
2.51 (2.42–2.60)
2.02 (1.99–2.05)
p < 0.001 ‡
Job stress: Emotional (1–5)
2.19 (2.08–2.29)
1.70 (1.66–1.73)
p < 0.001 ‡
Job stress: Social (1–5)
2.88 (2.78–2.98)
2.28 (2.25–2.31)
p < 0.001 ‡
Job stress: Fear of litigation (1–5)
2.28 (2.17–2.39)
2.12 (2.08–2.15)
p < 0.01 ‡
Suicidal thoughts (0–4)
1.19 (1.08–1.30)
0.54 (0.49–0.60)
p < 0.001 ‡

Controlled for gender and age.

n for Sana = 222–227, n for Norwegian doctors 1993 1070 – for MBI and SCL-5, 1009 for suicidal thoughts, and 2497 for job stress.

For significant independent gender effect p < 0.01 = †

For significant independent age effect p < 0.01 = ‡

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