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 | |