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. 2021 Apr 14;21:344. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06306-6

Table 2.

Description information of main variables (n = 842)

Level n % accumulative percent
Self-perceived professional reputation damage
 Very Positive 13 1.5 1.5
 Positive 130 15.4 17.0
 General 334 39.7 56.7
 Negative 219 26.0 82.7
 Very Negative 146 17.3 100.0
Defensive Medicine
 Never 97 11.5 11.5
 Very seldom 300 35.6 47.1
 Quite often 286 34.0 81.1
 Very often indeed 126 15.0 96.1
 Nearly all the time 33 3.9 100.0
Turnover Intention
 Not at all 161 19.1 19.1
 Very seldom 283 33.6 52.7
 Sometimes 197 23.4 76.1
 Often 140 16.6 92.8
 Nearly all the time 61 7.2 100.0
Career choice advice (the attitude toward his/her offspring becoming a physician)
 Strongly Agree 12 1.4 1.4
 Agree 112 13.3 14.7
 Neutral 151 17.9 32.7
 Disagree 320 38.0 70.7
 Strongly Disagree 247 29.3 100.0
Perceived Stress
 Not at all 53 6.3 6.3
 Not Often 158 18.8 25.1
 Sometimes 320 38.0 63.1
 Usually 234 27.8 90.9
 Definitely 77 9.1 100.0
Subjective Well-being
 Very unhappy 37 4.4 4.4
 Unhappy 152 18.1 22.4
 Uncertainty 318 37.8 60.2
 Happy 314 37.3 97.5
 Perfectly happy 21 2.5 100.0
Burnout
 I enjoy my work. I have no symptoms of burnout. 22 2.6 2.6
 Occasionally I am under stress, and I don’t always have as much energy as I once did, but I don’t feel burned out. 429 51.0 53.6
 I am definitely burning out and have one or more symptoms of burnout, such as physical and emotional exhaustion. 202 24.0 77.6
 The symptoms of burnout that I’m experiencing won’t go away. I think about frustration at work a lot. 126 15.0 92.5
 I feel completely burned out and often wonder if I can go on. I am at the point where I may need some changes or may need to seek some sort of help. 63 7.5 100.0