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. 2021 Apr 29;21:217. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03219-w

Table 3.

The differences of social support scores of male and female physicians

Variables Male (n = 357) Female (n = 299) t p-value
Subjective support score, mean ± SD 23.87 ± 5.18 23.26 ± 5.23 1.497 0.135
Objective social support score, mean ± SD 7.90 ± 2.57 7.84 ± 2.50 0.269 0.788
Support utilization score, mean ± SD 7.18 ± 1.94 7.57 ± 1.86 − 2.598 0.010
Total social support score, mean ± SD 38.94 ± 7.90 38.67 ± 7.81 0.452 0.652

Abbreviations: SD standard deviation