Table 3.
Demographic characteristics, mental health, burnout and empathy; categorized by clinical-year level
| Demographic characteristics, mental health, burnout and empathy | Total (n = 466) |
Number (%) | Chi2 P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th year | 5th year | 6th year | |||
| (n = 152) | (n = 160) | (n = 154) | |||
| Gender | 0.087 | ||||
| Male | 202 (43.3) | 70 (46.4) | 76 (47.8) | 56 (36.4) | |
| Female | 262 (56.2) | 81 (53.6) | 83 (52.2) | 98 (63.6) | |
| No answer | 2 (0.4) | ||||
| Religion | 0.775 | ||||
| Buddhism | 366 (78.5) | 120 (86.3) | 129 (86.0) | 117 (83.6) | |
| Islam, Christianity, others | 63 (13.5) | 19 (13.7) | 21 (14.0) | 23 (16.4) | |
| No answer | 37 (7.9) | ||||
| Physical illness | 0.010 | ||||
| No | 396 (85.0) | 118 (78.1) | 144 (90.0) | 134 (87.0) | |
| Yes | 69 (14.8) | 33 (21.9) | 16 (10.0) | 20 (13.0) | |
| No answer | 1 (0.2) | ||||
| Psychiatric illness | 0.580 | ||||
| No | 420 (90.1) | 135 (89.4) | 143 (91.1) | 142 (92.8) | |
| Yes | 41 (8.8) | 16 (10.6) | 14 (8.9) | 11 (7.2) | |
| No answer | 5 (1.1) | ||||
| Alcohol consumption | 0.113 | ||||
| No | 311 (66.7) | 101 (66.9) | 98 (61.6) | 112 (72.7) | |
| Yes | 153 (32.8) | 50 (33.1) | 61 (38.4) | 42 (27.3) | |
| No answer | 2 (0.4) | ||||
| Substance use | 0.777a | ||||
| No | 459 (98.5) | 148 (100) | 158 (98.8) | 153 (99.4) | |
| Yes | 3 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.2) | 1 (0.6) | |
| No answer | 4 (0.9) | ||||
| Specialty preference | 0.363 | ||||
| General / not specified | 158 (33.9) | 55 (36.2) | 60 (37.5) | 43 (27.9) | |
| Major | 200 (42.9) | 60 (39.5) | 66 (41.2) | 74 (48.1) | |
| Minor | 108 (23.2) | 37 (24.3) | 34 (21.2) | 37 (24.0) | |
| Level of empathy | 0.039 | ||||
| < 45 | 266 (57.1) | 75 (49.3) | 93 (58.1) | 98 (63.6) | |
| >45 | 200 (42.9) | 77 (50.7) | 67 (41.9) | 56 (36.4) | |
| Mental health | 0.209 | ||||
| Poor | 138 (29.6) | 38 (25.0) | 54 (33.8) | 46 (29.9) | |
| Fair | 237 (50.9) | 77 (50.7) | 76 (47.5) | 84 (54.5) | |
| Good | 91 (19.5) | 37 (24.3) | 30 (18.8) | 24 (15.6) | |
| Burnout | |||||
| Emotional exhaustion | 0.092 | ||||
| Low | 52 (11.2) | 14 (9.3) | 19 (11.9) | 19 (12.4) | |
| Moderate | 115 (24.7) | 48 (31.8) | 29 (18.2) | 38 (24.8) | |
| High | 296 (63.5) | 89 (58.9) | 111 (69.8) | 96 (62.7) | |
| No answer | 3 (0.6) | ||||
| Depersonalization | < 0.001 | ||||
| Low | 143 (30.7) | 59 (39.1) | 50 (31.4) | 34 (22.2) | |
| Moderate | 135 (29.0) | 50 (33.1) | 49 (30.8) | 36 (23.5) | |
| High | 185 (39.7) | 42 (27.8) | 60 (37.7) | 83 (54.2) | |
| No answer | 3 (0.6) | ||||
| Personal accomplishment | 0.094a | ||||
| Low | – | – | – | – | |
| Moderate | 13 (2.8) | 8 (5.3) | 2 (1.3) | 3 (2.0) | |
| High | 450 (96.6) | 143 (94.7) | 157 (98.7) | 150 (98.0) | |
| No answer | 3 (0.6) | ||||
| Having stress within 1 year | 0.258 | ||||
| No | 21 (4.5) | 4 (2.6) | 7 (4.4) | 10 (6.5) | |
| Yes | 444 (95.5) | 148 (97.4) | 153 (95.6) | 143 (93.5) | |
| No answer | 1 (0.2) | ||||
aFisher's exact test