Table 3.
Summary result of Mann–Whitney U tests comparing scores on somatization and exhaustion by sex, specialty, salary, professional experience, and working dedication groups.
| Study Groups | n | Somatization (SS) | Exhaustion (SE) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mdn | M (SD) | p | r | Mdn | M (SD) | p | r | ||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male group | 41 | 12 | 13 (7) | 0.85 | -- | 8 | 11 (7) | 0.50 | -- |
| Female group | 19 | 9 | 13 (8) | 10 | 12 (7) | ||||
| Specialty | |||||||||
| Medical branch | 41 | 14 | 15 (8) | 0.03 | 0.29 | 12 | 13 (7) | 0.009 | 0.34 |
| Surgical branch | 19 | 9 | 10 (4) | 7 | 8 (4) | ||||
| Salary | |||||||||
| Less than USD 2000 | 42 | 9.5 | 12 (6) | 0.03 | 0.27 | 7 | 10 (6) | 0.01 | 0.33 |
| USD 2000 or more | 18 | 16 | 17 (9) | 13.5 | 16 (8) | ||||
| Dedication to clinics | |||||||||
| Less than 20 weekly hours | 47 | 10 | 12 (7) | 0.02 | 0.31 | 7 | 11 (7) | 0.03 | 0.28 |
| 20 weekly hours or more | 13 | 19 | 19 (9) | 14 | 15 (7) | ||||
| Dedication to academics | |||||||||
| Less than 20 weekly hours | 53 | 10 | 12 (7) | 0.004 | 0.37 | 8 | 10 (6) | 0.002 | 0.40 |
| 20 weekly hours or more | 7 | 25 | 23 (10) | 24 | 21 (7) | ||||
| Dedication to management | |||||||||
| Less than 20 weekly hours | 52 | 10 | 13 (7) | 0.10 | -- | 8 | 11 (6) | 0.02 | 0.30 |
| 20 weekly hours or more | 8 | 17 | 18 (10) | 22.5 | 18 (9) | ||||
| Professional experience | |||||||||
| Less than 10 years | 43 | 10 | 14 (8) | 0.62 | 0.06 | 10 | 11 (6) | 0.92 | -- |
| 10 years or more | 17 | 10 | 13 (8) | 9 | 12 (8) | ||||
SS, scale of somatization; SE, scale of exhaustion; n, sample size; Mdn, median; M, mean; SD, standard deviation; p, probability; r, effect size.