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. 2026 Sep 11;28:e94155. doi: 10.2196/94155

Table 3.

Associations of generative AI (GenAI) usage, perceived usefulness (PU), and perceived risk (PR) with physician burnout and high fulfillment: a fixed-effects logistic regression analysis.


Burnout High fulfillment

OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Modela

The frequencies of using GenAI


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Occasionally 1.46 (0.94-2.28) .09 0.57 (0.36-0.91) .02


Rarely 1.31 (0.80-2.14) .28 0.62 (0.37-1.05) .08


Never 1.24 (0.74-2.08) .41 0.64 (0.37-1.11) .11

PU 0.79 (0.65-0.97) .02 1.85 (1.48-2.33) <.001

PR 2.09 (1.74-2.51) <.001 0.77 (0.64-0.92) .005
Modelb

The frequencies of using GenAI


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Occasionally 1.19 (0.73-1.94) .48 0.63 (0.37-1.06) .08


Rarely 1.02 (0.59-1.78) .94 0.74 (0.41-1.35) .33


Never 1.10 (0.60-2.00) .76 0.74 (0.39-1.37) .34

PU 0.84 (0.66-1.08) .18 1.56 (1.17-2.08) .003

PR 1.80 (1.46-2.21) <.001 0.86 (0.69-1.08) .21

aCrude models.

bModels adjust for age, gender, marital status, ethnicity, salary satisfaction, professional title, years in practice, night shift, weekly patient volume, specialty, teaching assessment pressure, research assessment pressure, and province.