Table 2.
Group comparisons of psychological factors according to anxiety symptoms
Variables | Anxiety symptoms |
p* | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No (HADS-A<8) | Yes (HADS-A≥8) | Total | ||
Burnout | ||||
MBI-GS | 29.9±7.6 | 34.6±7.3 | 31.7±7.8 | <0.001 |
Exhaustion | 18.8±4.9 | 21.8±4.1 | 20.0±4.8 | <0.001 |
Cynicism | 11.0±4.2 | 12.8±4.6 | 11.7±4.4 | <0.001 |
Type A behavior pattern | ||||
FTAS | 2.1±0.8 | 2.2±0.8 | 11.4±2.5 | 0.083 |
Self-esteem | ||||
BRSES | 9.8±1.7 | 8.5±1.9 | 9.3±1.9 | <0.001 |
Happiness | ||||
PPTI | 34.6±8.5 | 28.7±7.6 | 32.3±8.7 | <0.001 |
Pleasant life | 11.4±3.2 | 9.0±3.0 | 10.5±3.3 | <0.001 |
Engaged life | 11.8±3.2 | 9.6±3.0 | 10.9±3.3 | <0.001 |
Meaningful life | 11.4±3.0 | 10.0±2.7 | 10.9±3.0 | <0.001 |
Data are presented as mean±standard deviation.
statistical significance was adjusted to p<0.006 using the Bonferroni correction.
HADS-A, Anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; MBI-GS, Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey; FTAS, Framingham Type A Scale; BRSES, Brief Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale; PPTI, Positive Psychotherapy Inventory