Table2.
Current Factors Affecting the Choice of Psychiatry as a Specialty in Psychiatry residents
| Question | Mean * | 95% CI | P value ** | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amount of intellectual challenge | 1.083 | (0.87,1.29) | <0.001 |
| 2 | Opportunity for cultivating interest in humanities | 0.905 | (0.62,1.2) | <0.001 |
| 3 | Variety of knowledge fields relevant to psychiatry | 1.213 | (1.01,1.42) | <0.001 |
| 4 | Emphasis on the patient as a whole person | 1.333 | (1.12,1.55) | <0.001 |
| 5 | Original and unique themes encountered in psychiatry | 1.12 | (0.91,1.33) | <0.001 |
| 6 | Curiosity about and attraction to the topic ‘‘madness’ | 0.365 | (0.1,0.63) | 0.008 |
| 7 | Experience of mental illness personally or by relatives or close friends | -0.52 | (-0.8,-0.24) | <0.001 |
| 8 | Experience of psychological problems personally or by relatives or close friends | -0.162 | (-0.46,0.14) | 0.284 |
| 9 | Opportunity to know unexplored aspects of self by working with patients | 0.88 | (0.63,1.13) | <0.001 |
| 10 | Contact or close acquaintance with psychiatrists | 0.28 | (0,0.56) | 0.052 |
| 11 | Importance of social and relational issues in psychiatry | 1.093 | (0.9,1.29) | <0.001 |
| 12 | Intensity or quality of emotional contact with psychiatric patients | 0.176 | (-0.01,0.36) | 0.068 |
| 13 | Importance of narratives and meanings more than significance of technology | 0.351 | (0.1,0.6) | 0.006 |
| 14 | Opportunity to practice psychotherapy | 1 | (0.76,1.24) | <0.001 |
| 15 | Opportunity for long-term relationships with patients | 0.093 | (-0.14,0.33) | 0.429 |
| 16 | Contact with psychiatric patients during medical school | 0.12 | (-0.13,0.37) | 0.343 |
| 17 | Global quality of psychiatric teaching at medical school | 0.56 | (0.33,0.79) | <0.001 |
| 18 | Teaching style and personality of professors of psychiatry | 0.96 | (0.72,1.2) | <0.001 |
| 19 | Themes of psychiatric lectures | 0.827 | (0.63,1.02) | <0.001 |
| 20 | Contact with psychiatric residents | 0.427 | (0.18,0.68) | 0.001 |
| 21 | Opportunity for complete use of medical training | 0.253 | (0.04,0.47) | 0.021 |
| 22 | Global opportunity for employment after specialty | -0.013 | (-0.31,0.28) | 0.928 |
| 23 | Salary in psychiatry | -0.653 | (-0.92,-0.38) | <0.001 |
| 24 | Range of different employment opportunities after specialty | 0.067 | (-0.2,0.33) | 0.619 |
| 25 | Status of psychiatry among peers | -0.08 | (-0.35,0.19) | 0.552 |
| 26 | Status of psychiatry within the medical faculty | -0.053 | (-0.32,0.21) | 0.686 |
| 27 | Status of psychiatrists in society | -0.053 | (-0.32,0.22) | 0.695 |
| 28 | Status of psychiatry among family and friends | -0.227 | (-0.52,0.07) | 0.129 |
| 29 | Stigma of mental illness | -0.267 | (-0.55,0.01) | 0.061 |
| 30 | Prestige of the department of psychiatry or the university chosen for training | 0.533 | (0.3,0.76) | <0.001 |
| 31 | Pace of development in psychiatry as a field | 0.893 | (0.66,1.13) | <0.001 |
| 32 | Progress in the biological study and treatment of mental illnesses | 0.905 | (0.68,1.13) | <0.001 |
| 33 | Recent developments of psychiatry as a neuroscience | 1 | (0.79,1.21) | <0.001 |
| 34 | Opportunities for research | 0.8 | (0.54,1.06) | <0.001 |
| 35 | Level of evidence base of psychiatry | 0.514 | (0.3,0.72) | <0.001 |
| 36 | Importance of treating mental illnesses in the future | 1.307 | (1.1,1.51) | <0.001 |
| 37 | Efficacy of psychiatric treatments | 0.76 | (0.54,0.98) | <0.001 |
| 38 | Range of psychiatric therapies | 0.712 | (0.48,0.95) | <0.001 |
| 39 | the work pressure and stress of field during residency | 1.187 | (0.97,1.4) | <0.001 |
| 40 | the work pressure and stress of field after graduation | 1.067 | (0.85,1.29) | <0.001 |
| 41 | The legal complaint of psychiatry | 0.419 | (0.15,0.69) | 0.003 |
| 42 | Coordination with the person's life style | 1.333 | (1.14,1.53) | <0.001 |
| 43 | Limitations in choosing specialty because of residency exam’s score | -0.093 | (-0.4,0.22) | 0.55 |
*
Responses were scored on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from –2 (very negative factor) to +2 (very positive factor).
**
P value based on one sample t-test