Burnout Among Saudi Radiographers

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Table 1 MBI Domains and Subscale Cut-off Scores and Categories^7,13

Subscale	Number of Items	Ordinal Number Of Questions	Category	Cut-off Score
EE (score: 0–54)	9	1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16, 20	High	≥27
			Moderate	19–26
			Low	0–18
DP (score: 0–30)	5	5, 10, 11, 15, 22	High	≥10
			Moderate	6–9
			Low	0–5
PA (score: 0–48)	8	4, 7, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 21	High	0–33
			Moderate	34–39
			Low	≥40

Abbreviation: MBI, Maslach Burnout Inventory; EE, emotional exhaustion; DP, depersonalization; PA, personal accomplishment.

Table 2 Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Study Sample

Variable	Frequency	Percentage
Sex
Male	65	62.5
Female	39	37.5
Age
21–25 years	27	26.0
26–35 years	39	37.5
>36 years	38	36.5
Department
Radiography	42	40.4
CT	26	25.0
MRI	10	9.6
Nuclear medicine	9	8.7
Ultrasound	17	16.3
Experience
1–5 years	44	42.3
6–10 years	22	21.2
>10 years	38	36.5

Abbreviation: CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.

Table 3 Overall Score of the Burnout Domains

Item	Overall Mean ± SD Score	Overall Median Score
Emotional exhaustion	23.53±9.32	22
Depersonalization	7.29±5.95	6
Personal accomplishment	29.70±1.35	31

Table 4 Impact of Sex, Age, and Experience on Burnout

Variable	Emotional Exhaustion, Median/Mean ± SD Score	Depersonalization, Median/Mean ± SD Score	Personal Accomplishment, Median/Mean ± SD Score
Sex
Male	22	7.32±6.07	29.69±11.25
Female	24	7.23±5.82	29.72±8.78
P-value	0.231	0.939	0.99
Age
21–25 years	23.11±9.04	7.96±5.67	29.04±9.94
26–35 years	25.08±9.059	7.92±6.16	29.72±8.69
>36 years	22.24±9.79	6.16±5.91	30.16±12.26
P-value	0.398	0.222	0.913
Experience
1–5 years	24.36±9.07	8.98±6.26*	28.82±9.91
6–10 years	24.41±8.96	6.59±5.00	32.73±6.69
>10 years	22.05±9.86	5.74±5.71	28.97±12.31
P-value	0.476	0.036*	0.306
Department
Radiography	24.21±9.94	7.62±6.22	29.76±10.63
CT	23.50±8.46	9.00±6.32	30.08±9.43
MRI	28.70±8.78	6.50±6.09	26.60±8.92
NM	19.33±6.52	3.44±1.94	29.22±11.49
Ultrasound	21.06±9.77	6.35±5.37	31.06±11.89
Total mean score	23.53±9.32	7.29±5.95	29.70±10.35
P-value	0.175	0.155	0.875

Note: *significant at <0.05.

Abbreviations: CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; NM, nuclear medicine.

Table 5 Linear Regression Analysis of the Prevalence of Burnout According to Age, Sex, and Experience

Variable	Unstandardized b	Standardized Coefficient Error	Standardized Coefficient Beta	95% Confidence Interval	p-value
Emotional exhaustion
Sex	2.100	1.905	0.110	−1.679 to 5.879	0.273
Age	1.750	2.150	0.148	−2.517 to 6.016	0.418
Experience	−2.288	1.901	−0.219	−6.060 to 1.483	0.232
Depersonalization
Sex	−0.414	1.182	−0.034	−2.760 to 1.931	0.727
Age	1.990	1.335	0.263	−0.658 to 4.638	0.139
Experience	−3.139	1.180	−0.470	−5.480 to −0.798	0.009*
Personal accomplishment
Sex	0.110	2.143	0.005	−4.140 to 4.361	0.959
Age	1.438	2.419	0.109	−3.360 to 6.236	0.554
Experience	−0.923	2.138	−0.079	−5.165 to 3.319	0.667

Note: *significant at < 0.05.

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Data Sharing Statement

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.