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. 2021 Jun 5;5:43. doi: 10.1186/s41687-021-00312-2

Table 5.

Summary of statistically significant subscale-level signed differential response functioning (sDRF) estimates - by demographic variable and MBI-HSS subscale

Grouping Variable (Reference Group) Focal group Subscale-level sDRF estimate (95% CI) [absolute subscale-level sDRF estimate expressed in subscale SD units] a
Emotional Exhaustion (EE) subscale Depersonalization (DP) subscale Personal Accomplishment (PA) subscale
Sex (Male) Female 0.34 (0.19, 0.49) [0.03] -- --
Age Category (≥ 65 years) < 35 years -- -- --
35–44 years -- -- --
45–54 years -- -- − 0.49 (− 0.70, − 0.29) [0.07]
55–64 years − 0.18 (− 0.27, − 0.08) [0.01] -- --
Specialty (General Internal Medicine) Anesthesiology  -- -- − 0.60 (− 1.10, − 0.05) [0.09]
Emergency medicine − 0.42 (− 0.69, − 0.16) [0.03] -- − 0.30 (− 0.44, − 0.14) [0.04]
Family medicine -- 0.40 (0.22, 0.58) [0.06] --
General pediatrics 0.63 (0.26, 1.03) [0.05] −0.35 (− 0.66, − 0.03) [0.05] --
General surgery -- -- --
General surgery subspecialty -- -- 0.53 (0.34, 0.74) [0.08]
Internal medicine subspecialty -- -- --
Neurology − 0.46 (− 0.91, 0.01) [0.03] 0.41 (0.18, 0.61) [0.06] −0.55 (− 1.05, − 0.11) [0.08]
Obstetrics and gynecology -- − 0.38 (− 0.72, 0.06) [0.06] --
Ophthalmology -- -- --
Orthopedic surgery -- -- --
Pediatric subspecialty 0.21 (0.05, 0.37) [0.02] -- --
Physical medicine and rehabilitation/ preventive medicine/ occupational medicine -- -- --
Psychiatry -- -- − 0.24 (− 0.33, − 0.14) [0.04]
Radiology -- -- --

a “--” indicates no significant subscale-level sDRF detected