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Table 2 Personal and work-related psychological characteristics of study participants (N = 90)

From: Burnout among family medicine residents: a cross-sectional nationwide study

Assessed domains and instruments that were used

Measure

Burnout

Work engagement

Resilience

Psychological flexibility

Workplace stress

Shirom-Melameda

Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-9b

Brief resilience scalec

Acceptance and action questionnaired

Primary Care Provider Stress Checkliste

Total score

Mean ± SD

3.27 ± 1.29

5.13 ± 1.20

3.43 ± 0.72

17.22 ± 7.87

46.28 ± 17.21

Degrees, N (%)

Severe

13 (14.4)

High

60 (66.7)

High

10 (11.1)

High

76 (84.4)

Not relevant

Not severe

77 (85.6)

Moderate

Low

26 (28.9)

4 (4.4)

Moderate

Low

66 (73.3)

14 (15.6)

Low

14 (15.6)

Subscales (if relevant)

Mean ± SD

Physical fatigue

3.52 ± 1.52

Vigor

5.08 ± 1.41

Not relevant

Not relevant

Interactions with patients

48.68 ± 18.54

Practice management

53.59 ± 22.88

Cognitive weariness

3.31 ± 1.36

Dedication

5.39 ± 1.29

Administrative issues

45.77 ± 22.41

Education/learning

44.60 ± 21.98

Emotional exhaustion

2.84 ± 1.35

Absorption

4.91 ± 1.24

 Relationships with colleagues

44.32 ± 19.56

 Balance between work and the "rest of life"

49.23 ± 25.72

  1. aThe total score ranges from 1 to 7. Total score ≥ 4.4 was the threshold for severe/clinically relevant burnout; bThe total score ranges from 1 to 7. A score ≥ 4.67 indicates high/very high engagement and a score ≤ 2.88 indicates low/very low engagement; cThe total score ranges from 1 to 5. A total score ≤ 2.99 indicates a low level of resilience and a score ≥ 4.31 indicates a high level; dThe total score ranges from 1 to 49. A total score above 24 is interpreted as “low psychological flexibility”, related to depression and anxiety. eThe total score and the score in each of the domains can range from 0—no stress at all to 100—maximum stress