Table 3.

Reasons for Quitting the Profession (n = 200)

Reasons for leaving	Large extent (%)	Moderate extent (%)	Small extent (%)	Mean ± sd
I felt that I had no career advancement opportunities	83	4	13	1.78 ± 5.60
The wages were too low	67	14	19	1.95 ± 5.08
I got a job offer with better terms	60	8	32	2.25 ± 4.63
I wanted to study another field	46	9	45	2.19 ± 3.79
Working in shifts made life difficult for my family life	39	16	45	2.04 ± 3.66
I felt ashamed of my work	31	19	50	1.95 ± 3.36
The physical working conditions were hard for me	28	19	53	1.97 ± 3.34
I felt I was working too hard	29	17	54	1.90 ± 3.30
I felt exhausted at the end of the work day	31	16	53	1.95 ± 3.25
I felt frustrated by my work	27	13	60	1.90 ± 3.15
I felt emotionally drained by my work	26	16	58	2.01 ± 3.05
I did not get along very well with my superiors	24	10	66	1.90 ± 2.83
I felt as if I had reached the limit of my suffering	20	12	68	1.84 ± 2.62
I felt more indifferent to patients	14	14	72	1.67 ± 2.41
I felt tired every time I had to face another day’s work	25	13	62	1.83 ± 2.97
I felt I was beginning to treat some of my patients as if they were objects	14	14	72	1.68 ± 2.40
I did not get along very well with my coworkers	6	7	87	1.26 ± 1.85