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. 2019 Dec 3;35(4):1325–1327. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05570-x

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Study Participants

Age (M ± SD) 27.5 ± 2.6
Female (n; %) 534; 47.2%
Race/Ethnicity (n; %)
  White 658; 58.1%
  Asian 248; 21.9%
  Black/African-American 54; 4.8%
  Hispanic/Latino 50; 4.4%
  Arab/Middle Eastern 12; 1.1%
  Native-American 1; 0.1%
  URM Multi-racial 53; 4.7%
  Non-URM Multi-racial 56; 4.9%
Specialty (%)
  Internal Medicine 57.8%
  Surgery 16.6%
  Ob/Gyn 3.7%
  Pediatrics 8.6%
  Psychiatry 1.9%
  Emergency Medicine 6.2%
  Med/Peds 0.9%
  Family Practice 1.8%
  ‘other’ 2.7%
Weekly work hours (M ± SD) 62.4 ± 13.1
Prior history of depression (Yes; %) 515; 45.5%
Difficult early family environment (M ± SD) 12.9 ± 9.2
Neuroticism (M ± SD) 22.0 ± 9.1
PHQ-9 Baseline Scores (M ± SD; %≥10),p=.83
  URM (n=170) 2.8 ± 3.1; 5.8%
  White (n=658) 2.7 ± 3.1; 4.0%
  Asian (n=248) 2.7 ± 3.1; 4.4%
  Non-URM Multi-Racial (n=56) 2.8 ± 2.6; 1.7%

Sample included 1132 interns in 38 programs (Northeast 12, Midwest 10, South 10, and West 6)