Work exhaustion decreased by 0.67 points on a 5-item scale from 0 to 30. This change was also statistically significant in the multilevel linear mixed-effects regression model, which only included time as an independent variable (b = −0.55, p = .040). Only the health and welfare field saw a slight, yet statistically insignificant, increase in work exhaustion (b = 0.52, p = .216). On average, workers from the remaining fields reported lower work exhaustion scores. Of all the participants, 16.95% reported a substantial increase (+5 points at least) in work exhaustion, whereas 61.22% reported little or no change at all, and 21.83% reported a substantial decrease (−5 at least) in work exhaustion. Substantial increases in exhaustion scores were specifically reported in industry (14.11%) and health and welfare sectors (15.64%).
