Table 3.

Association between disengagement scores and respondents characteristics

Variable	(n = 535)	Disengagement Mean (±SD)	F	p value
Professional grade of physicians
Medical consultant	79	2.3 ± 0.4	2.091	1.0
Medical officer	22	2.4 ± 0.5
Resident doctor	318	2.4 ± 0.4
Medical intern	116	2.4 ± 0.4
Age groups of physicians
< 35 years	195	2.4 ± 0.4	3.183	0.042
35–39 years	158	2.5 ± 0.4
≥ 40 years	182	2.4 ± 0.4
Years in practice
< 5 years	148	2.4 ± 0.4	1.638	0.180
5–9 years	134	2.4 ± 0.4
10–14 years	164	2.4 ± 0.4
≥ 15 years	89	2.3 ± 0.4
Specialties
Surgical specialties	261	2.4 ± 0.4	0.785	0.457
Medical specialties	136	2.4 ± 0.4
Others*	138	2.4 ± 0.4
Gender
Male	395	2.4 ± 0.4	0.025**	0.980
Female	140	2.4 ± 0.4
Marital status
Married	386	2.4 ± 0.4	0.933**	0.351
Single	149	2.4 ± 0.4

*No specific specialty **Student t test