Levels of burnout among registrars and medical officers working at Bloemfontein public healthcare facilities in 2013

Figures & data

Table 1: Cut-off points for the three dimensions of burnout

	Dimensions of burnout
Degree of burnout	EE	DP	PA
High	≥ 27	≥ 13	≤ 31
Moderate	17–26	7–12	32–38
Low	0–16	0–6	≥ 39

EE = emotional exhaustion; DP = depersonalisation; PA = personal accomplishment.

Table 2: Demographic data of registrars and medical officers at the four public healthcare facilities in Bloemfontein

Factor	n	%
Gender (n = 204)
Male	125	61.3
Female	79	38.7
Ethnicity (n = 205)
Black	58	28.3
Coloured	12	5.9
Indian	7	3.4
White	122	59.5
Other	6	2.9
Marital status (n = 203)
Married	137	67.5
Single	59	29.1
Divorced	7	3.4
Job description at time of study (n = 205)
Registrar	167	81.5
Medical officer	38	18.5
Shift (n = 205)
Day shift	33	16.1
Mixed shifts and night duty	172	83.9

Figure 1: Box plots of MBI-HSS scores (dotted lines show boundaries for low/moderate/high burnout).

Figure 2: Burnout category combinations.

Table 3: Distribution of participants by degree of burnout (high, moderate, low) for all three dimensions overall and according to gender and ethnicity, job roles and shifts

Level of burnout per dimension	Overall	Gender		Ethnicity					Job role		Shifts worked
		Male	Female	Black	White	Coloured	Indian	Other	Registrar	Medical Officer	Day shift	Mixed shifts and night duty
	n = 205	n = 125	n = 79	n = 58	n = 122	n = 12	n = 7	n = 6	n = 167	n = 38	n = 33	n = 172
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
SuIbscale EE
High (≥ 27)	98 (47.8)	45 (36.0)	52 (65.8)	24 (41.4)	59 (48.4)	5 (41.7)	4 (57.1)	6 (100.0)	77 (46.1)	21 (55.3)	9 (27.3)	89 (51.7)
Moderate (17–26)	56 (27.3)	39 (31.2)	17 (21.5)	21 (36.2)	30 (24.6)	4 (33.3)	1 (14.3)	0	44 (26.4)	12 (31.6)	11 (33.3)	45 (26.2)
Low (0–16)	51 (24.9)	41 (32.8)	10 (12.7)	13 (22.4)	33 (27.1)	3 (25.0)	2 (28.6)	0	46 (27.5)	5 (13.2)	13 (39.4)	38 (22.1)
Subscale DP
High (≥ 13)	82 (40.0)	42 (33.6)	39 (49.4)	9 (15.5)	59 (48.4)	7 (58.3)	3 (42.9)	4 (66.7)	65 (38.9)	17 (44.7)	7 (21.2)	75 (43.6)
Moderate (7–12)	65 (31.7)	44 (35.2)	21 (26.6)	25 (43.1)	35 (28.7)	3 (25.0)	1 (14.3)	1 (16.7)	57 (34.1)	8 (21.1)	13 (39.4)	52 (30.2)
Low (0–6)	58 (28.3)	39 (31.2)	19 (24.1)	24 (41.4)	28 (23.0)	2 (16.7)	3 (42.9)	1 (16.7)	45 (27.0)	13 (34.2)	13 (39.4)	45 (26.2)
Subscale PA
Low (≥ 39)	38 (18.5)	24 (19.2)	13 (16.5)	7 (12.1)	26 (21.3)	4 (33.3)	0	1 (16.7)	32 (19.2)	6 (15.8)	5 (15.2)	33 (19.2)
Moderate (32–38)	89 (43.4)	56 (44.8)	33 (41.8)	28 (48.3)	53 (43.4)	2 (16.7)	4 (57.1)	2 (33.3)	72 (43.1)	17 (44.7)	19 (57.6)	70 (40.7)
High (0–31)	78 (38.1)	45 (36.0)	33 (41.8)	23 (39.7)	43 (35.3)	6 (50.0)	3 (42.9)	3 (50.0)	63 (37.7)	15 (39.5)	9 (27.3)	69 (40.1)

EE = emotional exhaustion; DP = depersonalisation; PA = personal accomplishment.