Table 2

Prevalence of depression in successive tertile of the three subscales of the Maslach Burnout Inventory

Prevalence of depression on the BDI-FS (95% CI)Burnout subscale
Emotional exhaustionCynicismAcademic efficacy
Best tertile19.5%
(12.5% to 29.2%)
14.1%
(8.1% to 23.2%)
16.7%
(9.6% to 27.1%)
Middle tertile45.2%
(35.0% to 55.9%)
40.7%
(30.7% to 51.6%)
40%
(30.5% to 50.3%)
Worst tertile51.9%
(41.1% to 62.6%)
60.7%
(50% to 70.5%)
54.5%
(44.2% to 64.5%)