Table 2.
Distribution of outcome and predictor variables for participating dental students, graduate students, and postdoctoral residents at the University of Washington School of Dentistry (n = 126).
| VARIABLE | TOTAL, NO. (%) (n = 126) |
DENTAL STUDENTS, NO. (%) (n = 97) |
GRADUATE STUDENTS, NO. (%) (n = 12) |
POSTDOCTORAL RESIDENTS, NO. (%) (n = 17) |
P VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | |||||
| Intention to leave their program | .41∗ | ||||
| No intention to leave | 110 (87.3) | 86 (88.7) | 9 (75.0) | 15 (88.2) | NA† |
| Any intention to leave | 16 (12.7) | 11 (11.3) | 3 (25.0) | 2 (11.8) | |
| Predictor | |||||
| Anxiety | .70∗ | ||||
| No | 97 (77.0) | 76 (78.4) | 9 (75.0) | 12 (70.6) | NA |
| Yes | 28 (22.2) | 20 (20.6) | 3 (25.0) | 5 (29.4) | NA |
| Missing | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.0) | NA | NA | NA |
| Depression | .17∗ | ||||
| No | 101 (80.2) | 82 (84.5) | 7 (58.3) | 12 (70.6) | NA |
| Yes | 21 (16.7) | 14 (14.4) | 4 (33.3) | 3 (17.6) | NA |
| Missing | 4 (3.2) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (8.3) | 2 (11.8) | NA |
| Burnout | .31∗ | ||||
| No symptoms | 90 (71.4) | 67 (69.1) | 11 (91.7) | 12 (70.6) | NA |
| ≥ 1 symptoms | 36 (28.6) | 30 (30.9) | 1 (8.3) | 5 (29.4) | NA |
| COVID-19 has impacted my mental health | .44 | ||||
| Agree or strongly agree | 87 (69.0) | 65 (67.0) | 8 (66.7) | 14 (82.4) | NA |
| Neutral, disagree, or strongly disagree | 39 (31.0) | 32 (33.0) | 4 (33.3) | 3 (17.6) | NA |
∗
Fisher exact test was used.
†
NA: Not applicable.