Table 1.
Descriptive statistics by doctor category
| Consultants n=1481 |
SAS n=257 |
Trainees n=1364 |
|
| Actively practising | 1462 (99%) | 254 (99%) | 1357 (99%) |
| If actively practising* | |||
| Age, mean (range) | 50 (33–73) | 47 (27–74) | 33 (25–58) |
| Female | 831 (58%) | 171 (68%) | 1067 (80%) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| White | 831 (57%) | 79 (31%) | 857 (64%) |
| Asian | 438 (30%) | 106 (42%) | 288 (21%) |
| Black | 88 (6%) | 23 (9%) | 90 (7%) |
| Mixed | 58 (4%) | 26 (10%) | 88 (7%) |
| Other | 37 (3%) | 19 (8%) | 26 (2%) |
| Children | 1267 (87%) | 198 (78%) | 585 (43%) |
| Relationship | 1269 (87%) | 216 (85%) | 979 (72%) |
| Qualified in UK/Ireland | 865 (59%) | 42 (17%) | 1089 (80%) |
| Full time | 1276 (87%) | 211 (83%) | 1064 (79%) |
| Subspecialty (consultants) | |||
| None | 1278 (87%) | N/A | N/A |
| Maternal/fetal medicine | 56 (4%) | N/A | N/A |
| Sexual/reproductive health | 34 (2%) | N/A | N/A |
| Gynaecological oncology | 33 (2%) | N/A | N/A |
| Reproductive medicine | 33 (2%) | N/A | N/A |
| Urogynaecology | 28 (2%) | N/A | N/A |
| Maslach Burnout Inventory | |||
| Emotional exhaustion | |||
| Mean | 19.9 (0–54) | 18.7 (0–53) | 21.9 (0–54) |
| High† (%) | 411 (28%) | 65 (26%) | 440 (32%) |
| Depersonalisation | |||
| Mean | 4.5 (0–29) | 4.5 (0–30) | 7.0 (0–29) |
| High‡ (%) | 178 (12%) | 33 (13%) | 394 (29%) |
| Personal accomplishment | |||
| Mean | 37.2 (0–48) | 35.3 (4–48) | 34.6 (0–48) |
| Low§ (%) | 382 (26%) | 95 (37%) | 530 (39%) |
| Burnout¶ | 460 (31%) | 76 (30%) | 580 (43%) |
| Defensive medical practice | |||
| Avoidance | |||
| Mean | 1.4 (0–12) | 1.1 (0–12) | 0.9 (0–10) |
| Elevated** (%) | 125 (9%) | 13 (5%) | 58 (4%) |
| Hedging | |||
| Mean | 5.2 (0–36) | 2.8 (0–36) | 4.6 (0–36) |
| Elevated†† (%) | 164 (11%) | 11 (4%) | 114 (8%) |
| Any defensive medical practice‡‡ | 231 (16%) | 20 (8%) | 149 (11%) |
*Results for each variable are based on available data, that is, excluding participants with a missing value. Gender has the most missing values, 41/3073 (1.3%). Missing values for all variables are reported in online supplementary eTable1.
†Scores of ≥27 (range 0–54) are considered high and indicate burnout in accordance with the Maslach Burnout Inventory.
‡Scores of ≥10 (range 0–30) are considered high and indicate burnout in accordance with the Maslach Burnout Inventory.
§The score range is 0–48; scores ≤33 are defined as low personal accomplishment.
¶Positive for burnout if emotional exhaustion and/or depersonalisation scores high (as defined) in accordance with the Maslach Burnout Inventory.
**Scores of ≥13 (range 0–36) are considered elevated and indicate avoidance behaviour.
††Scores of ≥5 (range 0–12) are considered elevated and indicate hedging behaviour.
‡‡Defined as elevated levels of avoidance and/or hedging behaviour.
SAS, Specialty and Associate Specialist Doctors.