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Table 4 Emergency Medicine Provider Wellness Survey Responses - Well-Being, Burnout, and Resilience

From: Prospective study of emergency medicine provider wellness across ten academic and community hospitals during the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic

Question:

“yes” responses No. (%)

Week 1a

No. = 113

Week 2 a

No. = 88b

Week 3 a

No. = 75b

Week 4 a

No. = 65b

p-value±

across all weeks

p-value±

week 1 vs. week 4

Provider Type: Physician

84 (74)

64 (73)

57 (76)

49 (75)

-

-

Provider Type: APP

29 (26)

24 (27)

18 (24)

16 (25)

  

Well-Being Index (at risk)

34 (30%)

16 (18%)

10 (13%)

9 (14%)

0.01

0.02

 • Physician

28 (33%)

14 (22%)

10 (13%)

9 (18%)

  

 • APP

6 (21%)

2 (8%)

2 (11%)

-

  

Physician Work Life Study (burnout measure)

34 (30%)

20 (23%)

15 (20%)

14 (22%)

0.39

0.22

 • Physician

25 (30%)

12 (19%)

10 (18%)

9 (18%)

  

 • APP

9 (31%)

9 (31%)

9 (31%)

9 (31%)

  

Brief Resilience Scale (baseline)

    

n/a

n/a

 • Physician (% out of No. = 84)

   Low resiliency

7 (8%)

-

-

-

  

   Normal resiliency

57 (68%)

-

-

-

  

   High resiliency

20 (24%)

-

-

-

  

 • APP (% out of No. = 29)

   Low resiliency

4 (14%)

-

-

-

  

   Normal resiliency

20 (69%)

-

-

-

  

   High resiliency

5 (17%)

-

-

-

  
  1. aWeek 1 (3/30-4/6/20); Week 2 (4/7-4/12/20); Week 3 (4/13-4/20/20); Week 4 (4/21-4/27/20)
  2. bTotal No. of respondents completing survey questions. Frequency of missing responses was 5 in week 2, 1 in week 3, and 1 in week 4
  3. ±P-values determined by either Chi-squared or Fisher’s Exact where appropriate