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. 2014 Nov 28;14:254. doi: 10.1186/s12909-014-0254-5

Table 1.

Descriptions of the three styles of success in a medical career dimensions: cluster analysis (Bineary Euclidean distance measure and Ward’s linkage method)

1. Committed satisfied with career 2. Clever satisfied with life 3. Bright unsatisfied 1 vs 2 1 vs 3 2 vs 3
n = 14 n = 20 n = 16
M ± SD M ± SD M ± SD F (2;47) P Tukey’s post- hoc test
Postgraduate medical competence −0.62 ± 0.61 −0.50 ± 0.53 1.17 ± 0.61 48,256*** <0.001 0,53 <0.001*** 0,00**
Satisfaction with medicine as a career 0.95 ± 0.68 −0.47 ± 0.47 −0.24 ± 0.85 20,180*** <0.001 <0.001*** <0.001*** 0,31
Work stress and burnout 0.33 ± 0.48 −0.27 ± 0.43 0.07 ± 0.45 7,365*** <0.001 <0.001*** 0,13 0,03*
QOL General well-being −0.29 ± 0.81 0.49 ± 0.55 −0.35 ± 0.60 9,499*** <0.001 <0.001*** 0,80 <0.001***
QOL Life satisfaction −0.60 ± 0.78 0.76 ± 0.45 −0.89 ± 0.86 29,090*** <0.001 <0.001*** 0,26 <0.001***
QOL Income 3.57 ± 0.51 3.80 ± 0.41 2.63 ± 0.89 16,803*** <0.001 0,31 <0.001*** <0.001***

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.