Table 2.

Association between exhaustion scores and respondents characteristics

Variable	(n = 535)	Exhaustion Mean (±SD)	F	p value
Professional grade of physicians
Medical consultant	79	2.5 ± 0.4	6.793	< 0.001
Medical officer	22	2.7 ± 0.5
Resident doctor	318	2.7 ± 0.4
Medical intern	116	2.7 ± 0.4
Age group of physicians
< 35 years	195	2.7 ± 0.4	10.734	< 0.001
35–39 years	158	2.7 ± 0.4
≥ 40 years	182	2.6 ± 0.4
Years in practice
< 5 years	148	2.8 ± 0.4	9.317	< 0.001
5–9 years	134	2.7 ± 0.4
10–14 years	164	2.6 ± 0.5
≥ 15 years	89	2.5 ± 0.4
Specialties
Surgical specialties	261	2.7 ± 0.4	1.811	0.164
Medical specialties	136	2.6 ± 0.4
Others*	138	2.7 ± 0.4
Gender
Male	395	2.7 ± 0.4	1.616**	0.107
Female	140	2.7 ± 0.4
Marital status
Married	386	2.7 ± 0.4	1.792**	0.074
Single	149	2.7 ± 0.4

*No specific specialty **Student t test