Table 1. Characteristics of Physicians at COVID-19 Priority Hospitals in Tokyo and Their Japanese Burnout Scale Scores (mean ± SD).

From: Physician Burnout in General Hospitals Turned into Coronavirus Disease 2019 Priority Hospitals in Japan

No. (%) Emotional exhaustion Depersonalization Lack of PA
Total 161 3.02 ± 1.03 2.55 ± 0.96 3.55 ± 0.91
Men 104 (64.6) 2.90 ± 1.02 2.48 ± 0.99 3.52 ± 0.94
Women 57 (35.4) 3.24 ± 1.01 2.66 ± 0.91 3.59 ± 0.87
 
Age (years) <30 27 (16.8) 3.00 ± 1.09 2.43 ± 0.89 3.56 ± 0.82
30-39 52 (32.3) 3.17 ± 1.05 2.74 ± 0.89 3.72 ± 0.83
40-49 46 (28.6) 2.96 ± 0.97 2.53 ± 0.94 3.54 ± 1.01
50-59 26 (16.1) 3.12 ± 1.03 2.54 ± 1.21 3.41 ± 0.90
≥60 10 (6.2) 2.36 ± 0.89 1.93 ± 0.74 3.02 ± 0.98
 
Internal medicine 56 (34.8) 3.15 ± 1.12 2.59 ± 1.04 3.58 ± 0.92
Surgery 67 (41.6) 3.08 ± 0.94 2.75 ± 0.95 3.68 ± 0.92
Outpatient and laboratory services 30 (18.6) 2.57 ± 0.98 2.07 ± 0.75 3.21 ± 0.91
Residents 8 (5.0) 3.33 ± 1.00 2.33 ± 0.62 3.42 ± 0.45
           
Work hours <40 39 (24.2) 2.94 ± 1.07 2.62 ± 0.96 3.91 ± 0.86
41-50 53 (32.9) 2.84 ± 1.01 2.47 ± 0.97 3.57 ± 0.81
>80 69 (42.8) 3.21 ± 1.00 2.57 ± 0.97 3.32 ± 0.95
           
Meaningful work
Strongly disagree 39 (24.2) 3.85 ± 0.74 3.53 ± 0.82 4.43 ± 0.69
Disagree 42 (26.1) 3.08 ± 0.94 2.69 ± 0.60 3.77 ± 0.53
Neutral 41 (25.5) 2.76 ± 1.00 2.25 ± 0.71 3.45 ± 0.62
Agree 25 (15.5) 2.42 ± 0.90 1.82 ± 0.72 2.69 ± 0.70
Strongly agree 14 (8.7) 2.40 ± 0.81 1.54 ± 0.61 2.27 ± 0.40
Table 2. Multiple Regression Analysis of the Japanese Burnout Scale’s Three Subscales.

From: Physician Burnout in General Hospitals Turned into Coronavirus Disease 2019 Priority Hospitals in Japan

Emotional exhaustion
Standardized partial regression coefficients (β)
Meaningful work −0.567
dummy _ Work hours > 51 h 0.189
dummy _ Woman 0.177
Work change after COVID-19 0.164
Adjusted R2 = 0.339
Depersonalization
Standardized partial regression coefficients (β)
Meaningful work −0.697
dummy _ Work hours > 51 h 0.143
Adjusted R2 = 0.470
Lack of personal accomplishment
Standardized partial regression coefficients (β)
Meaningful work −0.780
Adjusted R2 = 0.606
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