Table 2.

Relationship between the study variables and the level of work-related stress through a bivariate analysis

Variables	Mean ± SD (95% CI of the mean)	P value
Age (years):		< 0.001*
-Under 30	5.38 ± 2.61 (5.00–5.77)
-From 30 to 45	6.36 ± 2.40 (5.88–6.83)
-46 or over	6.39 ± 2.18 (6.08–6.70)
Gender:		0.714**
-Male	6.10 ± 2.31 (5.76–6.46)
-Female	5.95 ± 2.50 (5.67–6.22)
Professional category:		< 0.001*
-Family physician	6.34 ± 2.03 (6.04–6.65)
-Nurse	6.51 ± 2.39 (6.02–6.99)
- Internal medicine residents	5.47 ± 2.68 (5.10–5.83)
Amount of time worked:		< 0.001*
-Less than 4 years	5.40 ± 2.66 (5.03–5.76)
-From 5 to 10 years	6.22 ± 2.08 (5.63–6.82)
-From 11 to 20 years	6.72 ± 2.13 (6.22–7.22)
-More than 20 years	6.40 ± 2.20 (6.04–6.76)
Aware of mindfulness:		0.727**
-Yes	6.02 ± 2.67 (5.75–6.30)
-No	5.96 ± 2.64 (5.61–6.32)
Has received training on mindfulness:		0.251**
-Yes	5.85 ± 2.37 (5.41–6.29)
-No	6.04 ± 2.47 (5.79–6.30)
Practices mindfulness:		0.040*
-Every day	4.58 ± 2.34 (3.45–5.71)
-From 2 to 3 times/week	6.70 ± 1.84 (5.84–7.56)
-Occasionally	5.96 ± 2.39 (5.38–6.53)
-Never	6.04 ± 2.47 (5.79–6.29)

SD Standard deviation, 95% CI 95% confidence interval

* Kruskal-Wallis Test; ** Mann-Whitney U