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. 2020 Feb 3;12(2):e6860. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6860

Table 5. Burnout vs optimism in 2019. Burnout was negatively correlated with optimism in 2019.

PGY: Postgraduate Year

Category Subgroup 2019
      Burnout Optimism    
    N Mean SD Mean SD Pearson coefficient P value
Gender                
  Male 39 4.84 2.17 17.28 4.04 -0.181 0.27
  Female 31 5.48 2.06 15.87 4.22 -0.59 0
  Prefer not to disclose 1 3   24   Not computed Not computed
Age                
  22-27 4 6 2.31 13.25 3.3 -0.786 0.214
  28-32 44 5.11 2.05 17.11 4.12 -0.422 0.004
  33-37 18 5.27 1.99 17.44 4.06 -0.328 0.183
  38-43 3 7 1.73 16.66 8.08 -0.143 0.909
  44-49 2 1 0 18.5 2.12 Not computed Not computed
  49+ 0            
Specialty                
  Emergency medicine 20 4.9 1.86 18.3 3.56 -0.6 0.005
  Family medicine 12 5.66 1.72 16.33 4.36 -0.577 0.049
  Internal medicine 19 6.31 1.42 15.21 4.71 -0.335 0.16
  Neurology 10 4.6 2.63 15.5 4.55 0.074 0.839
  Neurosurgery 10 3 2.16 18.4 2.76 -0.317 0.372
PGY                
  PGY-1 21 5 2.17 15.76 3.43 -0.329 0.145
  PGY-2 23 5.34 1.72 17 4.34 -0.627 0.001
  PGY-3 19 5.1 2.38 17.21 4.87 -0.544 0.016
  PGY-4 7 5.14 2.54 17.71 4.68 0.242 0.601
  PGY-5 1 1 Not computed 17 Not computed Not computed Not computed
  PGY-6 0            
  PGY-7 0            
TOTAL   71 5.1 2.13 16.76 4.21 -0.39 0.001