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. 2026 Feb 20;9(2):502–510. doi: 10.31662/jmaj.2025-0444

Table 2.

Participant Characteristics.

Characteristics Total (N = 428) Pre-working hour restrictiona (n = 246) Post-working hour restrictionb (n = 182)
Gender, n (%)
 Woman 154 (36.0) 90 (36.6) 64 (35.2)
 Man 272 (63.6) 155 (63.0) 117 (64.3)
 Non-binary 2 (0.5) 1 (0.4) 1 (0.5)
PGY, n (%)
 1-2 (junior residents) 274 (64.0) 155 (63.0) 119 (65.4)
 3-6 (senior residents) 154 (36.0) 91 (37.0) 63 (34.6)
Hospital type, n (%)
 Community hospital 252 (58.9) 134 (54.5) 118 (64.8)
 University hospital 176 (41.1) 112 (45.5) 64 (35.2)
Hospital size, n (%)
 ≤500 beds 137 (32.0) 73 (29.7) 64 (35.2)
 501-800 beds 96 (22.4) 53 (21.5) 43 (23.6)
 801-1,000 beds 37 (8.6) 17 (6.9) 20 (11.0)
 ≥1,001 beds 158 (36.9) 103 (41.9) 55 (30.2)
Clinical department, n (%)
 Internal medicinec 227 (53.0) 142 (57.7) 85 (46.7)
 Surgical medicined 119 (27.8) 65 (26.4) 54 (29.7)
 Other departmentse 82 (19.2) 39 (15.9) 43 (23.6)
WSC scale,f mean (SD)
 Total 4.11 (0.71) 4.06 (0.74) 4.18 (0.66)
 Horizontal trust 4.01 (0.77) 3.97 (0.78) 4.06 (0.74)
 Vertical trust 4.28 (0.80) 4.21 (0.84) 4.37 (0.74)

PGY: postgraduate year; SD: standard deviation; WSC: workplace social capital.

aData obtained from July to August 2022.

bData obtained in December 2024.

cInternal medicine, pediatrics, and general medicine.

dGeneral surgery, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otorhinolaryngology, plastic surgery, and urology.

eAnesthesiology, dermatology, emergency medicine, psychiatry, and radiology.

fRanging from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating greater WSC.