Characteristics of Respondents to 2021 Survey, by Gender*
| Overall | Man | Woman | P-value± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinicians (n = 156) | ||||
| Number | 156 | 44 | 112 | |
| Years in health system, % (No.) | 0.63 | |||
| Less than a year | 10.3% (16) | 11.4% (5) | 9.8% (11) | |
| 1 to 2 years | 24.4% (38) | 25.0% (11) | 24.1% (27) | |
| 3 to 5 years | 27.6% (43) | 20.5% (9) | 30.4% (34) | |
| 6 to 10 years | 10.9% (17) | 9.1% (4) | 11.6% (13) | |
| 11 years or more | 26.9% (42) | 34.1% (15) | 24.1% (27) | |
| Hours of caregiving, % (No.) | 0.25 | |||
| 0 hours | 39.4% (61) | 50.0% (22) | 35.1% (39) | |
| 1 to 5 hours | 20.7% (32) | 20.5% (9) | 20.7% (23) | |
| 6 to 10 hours | 7.7% (12) | 6.8% (3) | 8.1% (9) | |
| 11 to 20 hours | 7.1% (11) | 9.1% (4) | 6.3% (7) | |
| More than 20 hours | 25.2% (39) | 13.6% (6) | 29.7% (33) | |
| Rating of workplace support for caregiving outside of work (1 to 10 scale), mean (SD) | 6.63 (2.40) | 7.20 (2.42) | 6.42 (2.37) | 0.08 |
| Emotional exhaustion (0 to 6 scale), mean (SD) | 3.32 (1.71) | 2.74 (1.63) | 3.54 (1.69) | 0.009 |
| Change in emotional exhaustion (2020 to 2021)b, mean (SD) | 0.42 (1.52) | 0.19 (1.38) | 0.51 (1.57) | 0.32 |
| Staff (n = 130) | ||||
| Number | 130 | 20 | 110 | |
| Years in health system, % (no.) | 0.35 | |||
| Less than a year | 3.3% (5) | 10.0% (2) | 2.8% (3) | |
| 1 to 2 years | 20.5% (31) | 30.0% (6) | 21.1% (23) | |
| 3 to 5 years | 28.5% (43) | 20.0% (4) | 28.4% (31) | |
| 6 to 10 years | 28.5% (43) | 30.0% (6) | 26.6% (29) | |
| 11 years or more | 19.2% (29) | 10.0% (2) | 21.1% (23) | |
| Hours of caregiving, % (no.) | 0.11 | |||
| 0 hours | 30.0% (39) | 30.0% (6) | 30.0% (33) | |
| 1 to 5 hours | 20.0% (26) | 30.0% (6) | 18.2% (20) | |
| 6 to 10 hours | 13.1% (17) | 5.0% (1) | 14.6% (16) | |
| 11 to 20 hours | 8.5% (11) | 20.0% (4) | 6.4% (7) | |
| More than 20 hours | 28.5% (37) | 15.0% (3) | 30.9% (34) | |
| Rating of workplace support for caregiving outside of work (1 to 10 scale), mean (SD) | 7.18 (2.65) | 7.55 (2.21) | 7.11 (2.72) | 0.50 |
| Emotional exhaustion (0 to 6 scale), mean (SD) | 2.98 (1.78) | 2.90 (1.74) | 3.00 (1.80) | 0.84 |
| Change in emotional exhaustion (2020 to 2021)‡ mean (SD) | 0.19 (1.66) | −0.13 (0.83) | 0.24 (1.75) | 0.43 |
*Includes only individuals who marked “male” or female. No respondents selected other gender categories such as Transgender male, Transgender female, Genderqueer/non-binary, Other. Analyses excluded people who marked “prefer not to answer” (n = 24) or who left gender blank (n = 26).
±Pearson χ2 or independent samples t test were used to examine differences by gender.
‡Change in exhaustion was calculated as the exhaustion score in 2021 minus the exhaustion score in 2020. A total of 111 clinicians (31 male and 80 female) and 108 staff (15 male and 93 female) responded to the survey both years.
Abbreviation: SD, Standard deviation.