Table 2.

Job characteristics by stress level among consultant physicians in Saudi Arabia (n=582)

Characteristics	Total	Low (PSS≤15)	Medium (PSS=16–19)	High (PSS≥20)	P-value
Type of health facility
Public	438 (75.3%)	136 (31.1%)	153 (34.9%)	149 (34.0%)	0.075
Private	97 (16.7%)	43 (44.3%)	22 (22.7%)	32 (33.0%)
Both	47 (8.1%)	18 (38.3%)	13 (27.7%)	16 (34.0%)
Job title
Associate consultant	15 (2.6%)	5 (33.3%)	7 (46.7%)	3 (20.0%)	0.493
Consultant	519 (89.2%)	176 (33.9%)	169 (32.6%)	174 (33.5%)
Senior consultant	48 (8.2%)	16 (33.3%)	12 (25.0%)	20 (41.7%)
Specialty
Internal medicine	147 (25.3%)	43 (29.3%)	50 (34.0%)	54 (36.7%)	–
Surgery	138 (23.7%)	54 (39.1%)	46 (33.3%)	38 (27.5%)
Pediatrics/neonatology	86 (14.8%)	28 (32.6%)	27 (31.4%)	31 (36.0%)
Obstetrics and gynecology	60 (10.3%)	15 (25.0%)	18 (30.0%)	27 (45.0%)
Family medicine	47 (8.1%)	15 (31.9%)	13 (27.7%)	19 (40.4%)
Anesthesiology	35 (6.0%)	19 (54.3%)	6 (17.1%)	10 (28.6%)
Psychiatry	23 (4.0%)	10 (43.5%)	8 (34.8%)	5 (21.7%)
Radiology	20 (3.4%)	2 (10.0%)	9 (45.0%)	9 (45.0%)
Laboratory	19 (3.3%)	9 (47.4%)	7 (36.8%)	3 (15.8%)
Other	7 (1.2%)	2 (28.6%)	4 (57.1%)	1 (14.3%)
Work load
No. of on calls per month	7 (4–10)	7 (3–10)	7 (4–10)	6 (3–12)	0.974
No. of served ward patients per week	10 (4–20)	8 (4–17)	10 (4–20)	10 (4–20)	0.417
Monthly income (SR)
<40,000	228 (39.2%)	72 (31.6%)	89 (39.0%)	67 (29.4%)	0.082
40,000–60,000	248 (42.6%)	86 (34.7%)	69 (27.8%)	93 (37.5%)
>60,000	106 (18.2%)	39 (36.8%)	30 (28.3%)	37 (34.9%)
Income satisfaction
Satisfied	316 (54.3%)	116 (36.7%)	95 (30.1%)	105 (33.2%)	0.267
Dissatisfied	199 (34.2%)	58 (29.1%)	67 (33.7%)	74 (37.2%)
Not sure	67 (11.5%)	23 (34.3%)	26 (38.8%)	18 (26.9%)

Note: Data shown as median (interquartile range) and number (percentage).

Abbreviation: PSS, perceived stress scale.