Table 3.
Prevalence and non-adjusted (ANOVA, χ2 tests) and adjusted (GLM) comparisons of mean weekly hours worked and self-stigma by employment grade (as measured by a single item)
| Consultants | HSTs | BSTs | Total | ANOVA (F) | GLM (B) BST† |
GLM (B) HST† |
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| n (mean) | % (SD) | n (mean) | % (SD) | n (mean) | % (SD) | n (mean) | % (SD) | ||||
| Mean weekly hours worked | 54.2 | 15.1 | 61.1 | 15.5 | 59.6 | 13.0 | 57.0 | 15.1 | 38.4*** | ||
| Self-stigma | |||||||||||
| Strongly disagree | 20 | 2.1 | 11 | 2.6 | 10 | 2.7 | 41 | 2.4 | |||
| Disagree | 134 | 14.1 | 51 | 12.0 | 43 | 11.5 | 228 | 13.1 | |||
| Neutral | 166 | 17.5 | 61 | 14.4 | 56 | 15.0 | 283 | 16.2 | |||
| Agree | 438 | 46.3 | 177 | 41.7 | 173 | 46.4 | 788 | 45.2 | |||
| Strongly agree | 189 | 19.9 | 124 | 29.2 | 91 | 24.4 | 404 | 23.2 | |||
| Mean | 2.32 | 1.01 | 2.17 | 1.06 | 2.22 | 1.03 | 2.26 | 1.03 | 3.7* | −0.09 (NS) | −0.04 (NS) |
*p≤0.05; ***p≤0.001; NS: not significant.
†Adjusted for sociodemographic variables and mean hours worked. Reference category: consultant.
ANOVA: analysis of variance; BSTs: Basic Specialist Trainees; GLM: general linear model; HSTs: Higher Specialist Traineest.