## 7 Discussion  
In this study, burnout factors were examined in a large sample of 892 healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia and UAE, and it was shown that healthcare providers had a high percentage of burnout. To our knowledge, there are few comprehensive studies on burnout among healthcare providers in both Saudi Arabia and UAE. The results show that the median age is 32 years old, the majority of the participants were female, and around 477 (54.7%) were single. This is justified by the fact that the majority of the participants were nurses (69.8%) and non-Saudi. Saudi Arabians recruit nurses from around the world, which justifies that most of the participants (i.e., 82.8%) have fewer than 10 years of work experience. In this study, a correlation analysis between the three burnout dimensions among the participating healthcare providers was calculated. There was a strong correlation between emotional exhaustion and depersonalization (\(p\leq 0.0001\), \(r=0.66\)) among healthcare providers. Previous studies have identified emotional exhaustion and depersonalization as the \"core dimensions\", and they have found similar \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Variables**} & \multicolumn{5}{c}{**Burnout Dimensions**} \\ \cline{2-7}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**EE**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**PA**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Depersonalization**} \\ \cline{2-7}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**M (SD) \(p\) Value**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**M (SD) \(p\) Value**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**M (SD) \(p\) Value**} \\ \hline
**Gender** & & & & & \\ Male & 31.73 (13.41) & \(p\leq 0.0001\) & 32.87 (9.04) & \(p=0.71\) & 12.87 (7.73) & \(p=0.92\) \\ Female & 35.28 (11.11) & 32.64 (7.63) & 12.92 (6.76) & & \\ \hline
**Marital Status** & & & & & \\ Single & 33.14 (11.76) & \(p=0.007\) & 33.25 (7.80) & & 12.15 (7.11) & \\ Married & 35.60 (11.87) & \(p=0.007\) & 31.95 (8.03) & \(p=0.06\) & 13.70 (6.86) & \(p\leq 0.0001\) \\ Divorced & 37.57 (11.91) & 33.21 (11.21) & & 17.35 (6.69) & \\ \hline
**Profession** & & & & & \\ Physicians & 26.89 (14.79) & 35.60 (7.98) & & 10.26 (7.80) & \\ Nurse & 36.65 (10.30) & \(p\leq 0.0001\) & 32.42 (7.73) & \(p\leq 0.0001\) & 13.91 (6.64) & \(p\leq 0.0001\) \\ RT & 32.55 (8.46) & & 34.00 (6.54) & & 11.25 (6.97) & \\ Others & 30.46 (12.17) & 31.52 (8.59) & & 10.94 (6.89) & \\ \hline
**Nationality** & & & & & \\ Saudi & 31.30 (12.77) & \(p=0.01\) & 32.09 (9.13) & \(p=0.51\) & 13.28 (7.68) & \(p=0.50\) \\ Non-Saudi & 34.53 (11.70) & 32.69 (7.83) & & 12.68 (6.90) & \\ \hline
**Experience** & & & & & \\
1 to 5 yrs & 34.72 (11.22) & 32.08 (7.75) & & 13.26 (6.51) & \\
6 to 10 yrs & 35.68 (11.30) & \(p\leq 0.0001\) & 32.82 (7.89) & \(p=0.01\) & 13.15 (7.25) & \(p=0.002\) \\
11 yrs and more & 30.01 (13.70) & 34.39 (8.41) & & 10.75 (7.51) & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} EE, emotional exhaustion; PA, personal accomplishment; RT, respiratory therapist.  
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Table 4: Participants’ sociodemographic and burnout dimensions means comparisons (n = 892). results for the correlation analysis between the two dimensions [15; 16]. Personal accomplishment was found to have a weak correlation with depersonalization and emotional exhaustion dimensions, unlike a previous study that found a positive correlation between emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, but a weak negative correlation between personal accomplishment and emotional exhaustion and depersonalization [16]. Several studies have reported results that are in agreement with this study, which is that females have higher emotional exhaustion than males [17; 18; 19; 20]. In the United States, 6000 physicians participated in a burnout study; results showed that females were 60% more likely to have burnout syndrome than males [21]. Those findings can be related to the difference in salaries between females and males, lack of social support, and lack of resources. In our study, married participants showed a higher level of emotional exhaustion and a low level of personal accomplishment.