Levels of vocational satisfaction, burnout and compassion fatigue of health professionals working in pediatric clinics

Table 4 Distribution of the scores of health professionals scored from quality of life scale for employees sub-dimensions (n = 128)

Features of health professionals	QoLSE vocational satisfaction sub-dimension		QoLSE burnout sub-dimension		QoLSE mercy fatigue sub-dimension
	mean ± SD	Med (min–max)	mean ± SD	Med (min–max)	mean ± SD	Med (min-max)
Gender
Female	34.86 ± 9.0	35.0 (9.0-50.0)	17.58 ± 6.23	17.50 (2.0-36.0)	15.50 ± 6.86	14.0 (0.0-40.0)
Male	26.45 ± 10.91	25.50 (8.0-49.0)	23.10 ± 6.70	24.50 (9.0-36.0)	15.45 ± 6.93	15.0 (3.0-31.0)
P valuea	0.001		0.001		0.911
Profession
Doctor	28.76 ± 9.30	29.0 (9.0-49.0)	23.50 ± 5.65	24.50 (9.0-36.0)	18.65 ± 7.23	17.0 (8.0-40.0)
Nurse	34.53 ± 9.53	36.0 (8.0-50.0)	17.20 ± 6.25	17.0 (2.0-36.0)	14.39 ± 6.63	13.0 (0.0-37.0)
Midwife	35.78 ± 9.86	36.0 (8.0-50.0)	16.94 ± 6.02	17.0 (7.0-26.0)	15.94 ± 6.15	16.0 (5.0-27.0)
P valueb	0.014		0.000		0.020
Education status
Medical career high school	38.33 ± 9.55	40.0 (17.0-50.0)	17.47 ± 6.33	17.0 (6.0-26.0)	13.80 ± 7.59	15.0 (0.0-25.0)
Two-year degree	33.65 ± 9.69	35.50 (9.0-48.0)	18.90 ± 7.14	17.50 (10.0-36.0)	16.30 ± 8.12	13.50 (7.0-37.0)
Bachelor degree	34.15 ± 9.84	35.0 (8.0-50.0)	16.75 ± 6.07	17.0 (2.0-33.0)	14.44 ± 5.92	13.0 (3.0-27.0)
Master degree	30.09 ± 9.01	30.50 (9.0-49.0)	21.84 ± 6.27	22.0 (9.0-36.0)	17.78 ± 6.97	17.0 (8.0-40.0)
P valueb	0.039		0.007		0.167
Hospital worked
Public hospital	32.38 ± 9.61	33.0 (8.0-50.0)	18.97 ± 6.33	19.0 (6.0-36.0)	15.46 ± 6.84	14.0 (0.0-40.0)
Private hospital	42.33 ± 5.80	44.0 (33.0-50.0)	14.46 ± 7.40	13.0 (2.0-27.0)	15.73 ± 7.11	17.0 (5.0-25.0)
P valuea	0.000		0.029		0.716
How it works
Continuous day	41.59 ± 8.06	44.0 (18.0-50.0)	15.81 ± 5.79	15.0 (6.0-27.0)	14.04 ± 6.5	12.50 (5.0-27.0)
Night shift	31.75 ± 9.29	32.50 (8.0-50.0)	18.94 ± 6.30	19.0 (6.0-36.0)	15.67 ± 6.31	15.0 (0.0-37.0)
Othera	34.0 ± 9.71	36.0 (18.0-44.0)	19.83 ± 11.78	22.0 (2.0-33.0)	17.83 ± 14.37	12.0 (3.0-40.0)
P valueb	0.000		0.109		0.514
Satisfaction with working conditions
Yes	38.14 ± 10.91	44.0 (19.0-50.0)	15.57 ± 6.0	17.50 (7.0-26.0)	15.0 ± 5.98	13.0 (7.0-25.0)
No	29.80 ± 11.01	29.50 (8.0-50.0)	21.03 ± 7.06	21.0 (6.0-36.0)	14.92 ± 7.99	15.0 (0.0-40.0)
Partially	35.64 ± 7.13	36.0 (14.0-49.0)	16.91 ± 5.58	17.0 (2.0-28.0)	16.08 ± 5.99	15.0 (6.0-28.0)
P valueb	0.020		0.009		0.789

^aMann–Whitney U test.

^bKruskal–Wallis test. QoLSE: Quality of Life Scale for Employees.