Correlates of physician burnout across regions and specialties: a meta-analysis

Table 1 Weighted mean reliability estimates of all variables

	k	n	α _correlate	α _EE	α _DP
Work engagement drivers
Recognition/feedback	4	2,125	0.79	0.86	nd
Autonomy	7	2,821	0.71	0.89	0.73
Organization/peer support	3	1,626	nd	0.87	0.69
Adequate resources	2	1,089	nd	0.87	0.68
Work engagement constraints
Professional values	4	686	0.80	nd	0.70
Organization structures	5	1,084	nd	0.88	nd
Inadequate resources	5	1,023	nd	0.89	0.78
Role ambiguity/conflict	3	622	nd	0.87	0.80
Insufficient input	4	437	0.89	0.89	0.79
Workload	19	6,205	0.74	0.88	0.75
Inadequate skills/preparation	4	1,242	nd	0.87	0.80
Position-specific demands	10	3,550	0.76	0.88	0.76
Work attitudes drivers	17	13,271	0.61	0.84	0.75
Work attitudes constraints	13	4,652	0.74	0.90	0.76
Health and safety drivers
Quality and safety culture	8	8,618	0.67	0.87	0.69
Clinical skills	3	1,033	0.81	0.88	0.69
Professional development	6	1,377	nd	nd	nd
Health and safety constraints
Incivility/conflicts/violence	7	1,816	0.84	0.89	0.79
Lack of quality and safety	15	5,612	0.80	0.88	0.76
Work-life/home conflict	14	3,846	0.80	0.88	0.73
Contributions to poor mental health	23	7,345	0.78	0.87	0.69
Contributions to good health	6	3,684	nd	0.87	0.80
Adaptive coping
Social support	6	2,297	0.74	0.87	0.80
Problem-focused	8	1,856	0.75	0.87	0.78
Ineffective coping	9	2,007	0.78	0.87	0.76

α, Cronbach’s α weighted mean reliability estimate; DP, depersonalization; EE, emotional exhaustion; k, number of samples; n, sample size across k; nd, no estimate computed.

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