More public health service providers are experiencing job burnout than clinical care providers in primary care facilities in China

Table 4 Burnout scores among clinical care (CC) and public health (PH) service providers

Degree	Overall (N = 17,816)		CC (N = 13,512)		PH (N = 4304)		p value^a
Degree	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p value^a
Weighted sum score of burnout	1.58	0.95	1.51	0.92	1.77	1.02	< 0.001
Emotional exhaustion	1.95	1.28	1.89	1.25	2.15	1.34	< 0.001
Depersonalisation	1.03	1.09	0.97	1.05	1.21	1.19	< 0.001
Reduced personal accomplishment^b	4.38	1.36	4.44	1.36	4.19	1.38	< 0.001

^ap value of t-test to examine the significance of difference in the variable between clinical care and public health service groups
^bThe scores of items of reduced personal accomplishment were not reversed in the analysis of single dimension

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