Emergency medicine physician burnout before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Table 5 Supporting factors unique to the pandemic

Supporting factor	Mean score (range 1–3)	Std deviation	Number of participants stating the factor as being irrelevant for them
Family and friends	2.69	0.57	1
Co-workers	2.50	0.66	3
Community	1.99	0.88	9
Management	2.02	0.88	5
Improvement of physical working conditions	2.17	0.88	9
Reduced working hours	2.43	0.84	38
Working 12/24 shifts	1.77	0.90	17^a
Improved wages	2.43	0.76	26

^athose who stated that the switch to 12/24-h shifts was helpful had an average of 5.13 24-h shifts per month, compared to an average of 3.8 for those who found the change unhelpful

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