Table 3.

Relationship Between Reactions to Medical Care Uncertainty and Work-related Satisfaction for 1,184 Physicians in Geneva, Switzerland

	Anxiety due to uncertainty (mean score)	P Value	Concern about bad outcomes (mean score)	P Value
Patient Care		<.001*		.004*
Lowest tertile	50.5		41.9
Intermediatetertile	43.9		36.5
Highest tertile	41.4		36.7
Work-related Burden		.001*		.09*
Lowest tertile	48.3		40.2
Intermediate tertile	45.3		38.2
Highest tertile	42.6		37.1
Income-prestige		.004*		.62*
Lowest tertile	47.7		38.4
Intermediate tertile	46.2		40.5
Highest tertile	43.2		37.6
Personal Rewards		<.001*		.001*
Lowest tertile	49.2		41.3
Intermediate tertile	47.3		39.2
Highest tertile	40.9		35.7
Professional Relations		.02*		.04*
Lowest tertile	47.4		40.6
Intermediate tertile	45.2		37.7
Highest tertile	43.6		37.1
General Satisfaction		<.001*		.05*
Lowest tertile	50.1		40.8
Intermediate tertile	46.2		38.7
Highest tertile	42.3		37.3

All scores are adjusted for sex, age, clinical experience, medical specialty, and workload (self-reported number of patients per week).

^*P values are based on ANOVA test for linearity.