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Exploring intergenerational differences in burnout and how they relate to work engagement, norms, and values: a mixed-methods study

Carolien De Maeyer and Birgitte Schoenmakers
BJGP Open 2019; 3 (2): bjgpopen18X101637. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101637
Carolien De Maeyer
1 Junior Doctor, Academic Centre of General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Leuven, , Belgium
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Birgitte Schoenmakers
2 Professor, Academic Centre of General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Leuven, , Belgium
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    Table 1. The relation between burnout, work engagement, and norms and values: are there intergenerational differences?
    BurnoutNo burnoutTotal
    Sex% n % n n
    Male19.61180.44556
    Female29.31770.74158
    Total24.62875.486114
    Male22.6777.42431
    Female11.8288.21517
    Total18.8981.33948
    Male4.5195.52122
    Female36.4463.6711
    Total15.2584.82833
    Total21.54278.5153195
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    Table 2. Score on engagement by age group and sex
    Age groupSexVery low, %nLow, %nAverage, %nHigh, %nVery high, %nTotal, n
    25–35 yearsMale7.1425.01441.12325.0141.8156
    Female3.4217.21050.02929.3170.0058
    Total5.3621.12445.65227.2310.91114
    36–50 yearsMale3.2116.1564.52016.150.0031
    Female11.825.9170.61211.820.0017
    Total6.3312.5666.73214.670.0048
    51–65 yearsMale4.514.5172.71618.240.0022
    Female0.0045.5545.550.009.1111
    Total3.0118.2663.62112.143.0133
    End total5.11018.53653.810521.541.02195
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    Table 3. Degree of identification with portraits of equivalence, benevolence, stimulation, and traditions, respectively, by age group
    EquivalenceDegree of identification with portraita
    Age groups123456
    25–35 years, %15.645.325.06.37.80.0
    36–50 years, %16.148.419.49.73.23.2
    51–65 years, %37.554.24.24.20.00.0
    Total, %20.247.919.36.75.00.8
    BenevolenceDegree of identification with portraita
    Age groups1235
    25–35 years, %48.443.87.80.0
    36–50 years, %35.538.719.46.5
    51– 65 years, %41.750.08.30.0
    Total, %43.743.710.91.7
    StimulationDegree of identification with portraita
    Age groups123456
    25–35 years, %6.332.831.321.97.80.0
    36–50 years, %16.19.741.919.412.90.0
    51–65 years, %4.229.225.029.28.34.2
    Total, %8.426.132.822.79.20.8
    TraditionsDegree of identification with portraita
    Age groups123456
    25–35 years, %3.123.431.315.617.29.4
    36–50 years, %6.529.025.83.229.06.5
    51–65 years, %0.054.216.712.58.38.3
    Total3.431.126.911.818.58.4
    • aLikert scale, ranging from 1 (‘Looks very much like me’) to 6 (‘Does not look like me at all’)

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    Table 4. Degree of identification with the work ethic portrait 'I often think I would be more successful if I gave up certain pleasures', by age group
    Age group123456
    25–35 years, %11.726.319.019.718.25.1
    36–50 years, %18.837.522.912.54.24.2
    51–65 years, %13.543.229.710.82.70.0
    Total, %13.531.521.616.712.64.1
    • Likert scale ranging from 1 (‘Do not agree at all’) to 6 (‘Completely agree’)

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