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. 2024 Oct 30;19(10):e0312839. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312839

Table 2. Factors associated with burnout among resident physicians (multiple imputation, n = 296).

Determinants Burnout
aOR (95%CI) t-statistic p-Value
Model 1: Demographic determinants (F = 2.84, R2 = 0.074)
Gender
    Female Reference
    Male 2.18 (1.30, 3.67) 2.93 0.003
Age, per 1-year increase 0.93 (0.84, 1.02) -1.52 0.128
Marital status
    Single Reference
    Married 1.95 (0.77, 4.91) 1.41 0.158
Have physical underlying disease 1.02 (0.59, 1.74) 0.06 0.950
Active smoker 13.23 (1.48, 118.00) 2.31 0.021
Active drinker 0.57 (0.33, 1.00) -1.97 0.049
Exercise frequency, per 1-day/week increase 0.86 (0.72, 1.02) -1.79 0.074
Model 2: Working conditions (F = 1.44, R2 = 0.037)
Financial status
    Just enough Reference
    More than adequate 0.48 (0.29, 0.81) -2.75 0.006
    Inadequate 0.56 (0.26, 1.21) -1.48 0.140
Residency year
    First-year Reference
    Second-year 1.01 (0.54, 1.87) 0.02 0.987
    Third-year 0.98 (0.51, 1.88) -0.06 0.956
    Fourth-year and more 1.51 (0.69, 3.29) 1.04 0.297
Original affiliation
    Ministry of Public Health Reference
    Ministry of Tertiary Education 0.62 (0.38, 1.00) -1.96 0.049
Departments
    Other departments Reference
    Major departments 0.82 (0.50, 1.33) -0.81 0.415
Total work hours, per 1-hour increase 1.17 (0.69, 1.99) 0.59 0.552
Salary, per 10,000 THB increase 1.00 (0.82, 1.21) 0.01 0.992
Model 3: Psychiatric determinants (F = 9.65, R2 = 0.127)
Active psychiatric underlying disease 1.80 (0.64, 5.03) 1.11 0.265
Had suicidal ideation in the last 12 months 2.95 (0.71, 12.34) 1.48 0.138
Sleep duration (hours/day during last week), per 1-hour increase 0.96 (0.77, 1.20) -0.38 0.705
Depressive symptoms, moderate to high 4.94 (2.81, 8.69) 5.55 <0.001
Model 4: Medical errors, during the last 3 months (F = 3.37, R2 = 0.013)
Severe errors 1.62 (0.68, 3.87) 1.08 0.281
Non-severe error 1.70 (0.45, 6.51) 0.78 0.435
Medication prescription error 1.87 (0.93, 3.76) 1.77 0.077
Laboratory order error 1.14 (0.49, 2.62) 0.30 0.765
Confounder summary score; F = 61.13, R2 = 0.201, Hosmer-Lemeshow test for goodness-of-fit test (p = 0.587)
Demographic determinants 2.80 (1.68, 4.64) 3.98 <0.001
Working conditions 2.97 (1.54, 5.71) 3.26 0.001
Psychiatric determinants 2.47 (1.77, 3.45) 5.29 <0.001
Medical errors 2.14 (1.05, 4.34) 2.10 0.035

aOR, Adjusted odds ratio.