Table 1 Bivariate analysis of factors associated with moderate/high burnout levels among forensic physicians (N = 133)

Overall

133

97 (72.9)

69 (51.9)

101 (75.9)

Sex

Male

Female

56 (42.1)

77 (57.9)

49 (87.5)***

48 (62.3)

4.2 (1.7–10.6)

r (1)

42 (75.0)***

27 (35.1)

5.6 (2.6–12.0)

r (1)

36 (64.3)

65 (84.4)***

r (1)

3.0 (1.3–6.8)

Age (years)

≤ 39

> 39

73 (54.9)

60 (45.1)

55 (75.3)

42 (70.0)

1.3 (0.6–2.8)

r (1)

44 (60.3)*

25 (41.7)

2.1 (1.1–4.3)

r (1)

58 (79.5)

43 (71.7)

1.5 (0.7–3.4)

r (1)

Marital status

Never

Ever

11 (8.3)

122 (91.7)

7 (63.6)

90 (73.8)

r (1)

1.6 (0.4–5.9)

4 (36.4)

65 (53.3)

r (1)

2.0 (1.0–4.2)

7 (63.6)

94 (77.0)

r (1)

1.9 (0.5–7.0)

Education

Bachelor

Higher

29 (21.8)

104 (78.2)

22 (75.9)

75 (72.1)

1.2 (0.5–3.1)

r (1)

15 (51.7)

54 (51.9)

r (1)

1 (0.4–2.3)

21 (72.4)

80 (76.9)

r (1)

1.3 (0.5–3.2)

Smoking

Non-smoker

Current smoker

110 (82.7)

23 (27.3)

75 (68.2)

22 (95.7)***

r (1)

10.3 (1.3–79.3)

51 (46.4)

18 (78.3)***

r (1)

4.2 (1.4–12.0)

87 (79.1)

14 (60.9)

2.4 (0.9–6.3)

r (1)

Children

No

Yes

16 (12.1)

117 (87.9)

11 (68.8)

86 (73.5)

r (1)

1.3 (0.4–3.9)

7 (43.8)

62 (53.0)

r (1)

1.4 (0.5–4.2)

11 (68.8)

90 (76.9)

r (1)

1.5 (0.5–4.7)

Work title

Examiner

Pathologist

87 (65.4)

46 (34.6)

74 (85.1)***

23 (50.0)

5.7 (2.5–13.0)

r (1)

64 (73.6)***

5 (10.9)

22.8 (8.0–64.8)

r (1)

63 (72.4)

38 (82.6)

r (1)

1.8 (0.7–4.4)

Cities$

Same city

Different city

108 (81.2)

25 (18.8)

74 (68.5)

23 (92.0)*

r (1)

5.3 (1.2–23.7)

53 (49.1)

16 (64.0)

r (1)

1.8 (0.7–4.5)

86 (69.6)*

15 (60.0)

2.6 (1.0–6.6)

r (1)

Working years

≤ 12

> 12

70 (52.6)

63 (47.4)

52 (74.3)

45 (71.4)

1.2 (0.5–2.5)

r (1)

45 (64.3)***

24 (38.1)

2.9 (1.4–5.9)

r (1)

58 (82.9)*

43 (68.3)

2.2 (0.9–5.1)

r (1)

Working days/week

≤ 4

> 4

103 (77.4)

30 (22.6)

73 (70.9)

24 (80.0)

r (1)

1.6 (0.6–4.4)

50 (48.5)

19 (63.3)

r (1)

1.8 (0.8–4.2)

80 (77.7)

21 (70.0)

1.5 (0.6–3.7)

r (1)

Working hours/day

≤ 6

> 6

68 (51.1)

65 (48.9)

51 (75.0)

46 (70.8)

1.2 (0.6–2.7)

r (1)

40 (58.8)

29 (44.6)

1.8 (0.9–3.5)

r (1)

51 (75.0)

50 (76.9)

r (1)

1.1 (0.5–2.5)

On-call/month

No

≤ 4

> 4

60 (45.1)

50 (37.6)

23 (17.3)

37 (61.7)

41 (82.0)*

19 (82.6)*

r (1)

2.8 (1.2–7.0)

3.0 (0.9–9.8)

20 (33.3)

34 (68.0)***

15 (65.2)***

r (1)

4.3 (1.9–9.5)

3.8 (1.4–10.3)

41 (68.3)

41 (82.0)

19 (82.6)

r (1)

2.1 (0.9–5.2)

2.2 (0.7–7.4)

Stressful duties/month

≤ 5

> 5

75 (56.4)

58 (43.6)

45 (60.0)

52 (89.7)***

r (1)

5.8 (2.2–15.1)

33 (44.0)

36 (62.1)*

r (1)

2.1 (1.0–4.2)

60 (80.0)

41 (70.7)

1.7 (0.7–3.7)

r (1)

Violent event/last year

No

≤3

> 3

90 (67.7)

28 (21.0)

15 (11.3)

66 (73.3)

22 (78.6)

9 (60.0)

1.8 (0.6–5.7)

2.4 (0.6–9.6)

r (1)

48 (53.3)

14 (50.0)

7 (46.7)

1.3 (0.4–3.9)

1.1 (0.3–4.0)

r (1)

67 (74.4)

22 (78.6)

12 (80.0)

r (1)

1.3 (0.5–3.5)

1.4 (0.4–5.3)