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. 2018 Jul 23;8(7):e020655. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020655

Table 2.

Demographic and workload characteristics and their association with anxiety

No anxiety Definite anxiety P values
n (%) 958 (56.4) 742 (43.6)
Age, mean±SD 28.5±1.9 28.7±2 0.008
Gender 0.0001
 Male 420 (43.8) 247 (33.3)
 Female 538 (56.2) 495 (66.7)
Marital status 0.027
 Single 606 (63.3) 430 (58)
 Married 352 (36.7) 312 (42)
Level of residency 0.005
 I 188 (19.6) 132 (17.8)
 II 244 (25.5) 166 (22.4)
 III 251 (26.2) 183 (24.7)
 IV 182 (19) 158 (21.3)
 V 93 (9.7) 103 (13.9)
Specialty 0.018
 Medical 519 (54.2) 334 (45)
 Medical and surgical 103 (10.8) 118 (15.9)
 High-workload surgical specialties 181 (18.9) 145 (19.5)
 High-workload medical specialties 155 (16.2) 145 (19.5)
Shifts/month, mean±SD 4.9±3 6±2.9 0.0001
Working hours/week, mean±SD 58.8±20 66.4±20 0.0001

P values in bold denotes statistical significance.