Table 1.
Cohort characteristics and their association with tolerance of uncertainty
| Sample characteristics | Sample distribution, N (%)* | Percentage by level of tolerance of uncertainty† | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Medium | Low | p-value | ||
| Gender | 18.0 (0.001) | ||||
| Female | 905 (44.9) | 48.0 | 28.1 | 23.9 | |
| Male | 993 (49.3) | 56.4 | 23.0 | 20.6 | |
| Prefer not to say | 117 (5.81) | 43.6 | 33.3 | 23.1 | |
| Experience (years since training) | 16.1 (0.013) | ||||
| ≤10 | 868 (43.1) | 47.8 | 28.6 | 23.6 | |
| 11–20 | 563 (27.9) | 52.6 | 26.1 | 21.3 | |
| 21–30 | 357 (17.7) | 57.1 | 19.9 | 23.0 | |
| >30 | 227 (11.3) | 57.2 | 24.2 | 18.5 | |
| Specialty | 17.8 (0.007) | ||||
| Emergency medicine, radiology, anesthesia, and pathology | 346 (17.2) | 48.8 | 30.9 | 20.2 | |
| Medical subspecialties | 1186 (58.9) | 54.1 | 24.4 | 21.5 | |
| Primary care | 294 (14.6) | 44.2 | 26.5 | 29.3 | |
| Surgical specialties | 189 (9.4) | 55.6 | 24.3 | 20.1 | |
| Having a trusted advisor | 7.1 (0.132) | ||||
| Disagree | 617 (30.6) | 50.1 | 24.5 | 25.4 | |
| Neutral | 400 (19.9) | 50.8 | 29.0 | 20.2 | |
| Agree | 998 (49.5) | 53.4 | 25.5 | 21.1 | |
*These percentages represent distribution of respondents within each characteristic question
†These percentages represent distribution of tolerance of uncertainty within a given category of a characteristic (row percentages)