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. 2022 Sep 27;37(6):4926–4933. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09634-8

Table 4.

Satisfaction with life results with analysis

Satisfaction with Life Scale (n = 73) Visa status (X2, p = 0.154) Medical school (X2, p = 0.262)
Overall US Citizen (n = 59) Visa (n = 9) US graduate (n = 51) IMG (n = 22)
Extremely dissatisfied 6 (8.2%) 3 (5.1%) 3 (33.3%) 2 (3.9%) 4 (18.2%)
Dissatisfied 4 (5.5%) 3 (5.1%) 1 (11.1%) 2 (3.9%) 2 (9.1%)
Slightly dissatisfied 10 (13.7%) 9 (15.3%) 1 (11.1%) 9 (17.7%) 1 (4.6%)
Neutral 2 (2.7%) 2 (3.4%) 0 (0%) 2 (3.9%) 0 (0.0%)
Slightly satisfied 8 (11%) 7 (11.9%) 0 (0%) 5 (9.8%) 3 (13.6%)
Satisfied 24 (32.9%) 20 (33.9%) 2 (22.2%) 17 (33.3%) 7 (31.8%)
Extremely satisfied 19 (26%) 15 (25.4%) 2 (22.2%) 14 (27.5%) 5 (22.7%)
Gender (X2, p = 0.776) Age group (X2, p = 0.255)
Overall Male (n = 49) Female (n = 24) 25–34 (n = 45) 35–39 (n = 24)  ≥ 40 (n = 4)
Extremely dissatisfied 6 (8.2%) 3 (6.1%) 3 (12.5%) 5 (11.1%) 1 (4.2%) 0 (0.0%)
Dissatisfied 4 (5.5%) 2 (4.1%) 2 (8.3%) 2 (4.4%) 2 (8.3%) 0 (0.0%)
Slightly Dissatisfied 10 (13.7%) 6 (12.2%) 4 (16.7%) 4 (8.9%) 6 (25.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Neutral 2 (2.7%) 1 (2.0%) 1 (4.2%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (8.3%) 0 (0.0%)
Slightly satisfied 8 (11.0%) 6 (12.2%) 2 (8.3%) 3 (6.7%) 4 (16.7%) 1 (25.0%)
Satisfied 24 (32.9%) 16 (32.7%) 8 (33.3%) 17 (37.8%) 5 (20.8%) 2 (50.0%)
Extremely satisfied 19 (26.0%) 15 (30.6%) 4 (16.7%) 14 (31.1%) 4 (16.7%) 1 (25.0%)
Fellowship (X2, p = 0.200)
Overall AGI/MIS (n = 33) Bariatric (n = 28) HPB (n = 14) Other (n = 2)
Extremely dissatisfied 6 (8.2%) 3 (9.7%) 1 (3.6%) 1 (8.3%) 1 (50.0%)
Dissatisfied 4 (5.5%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (7.1%) 1 (8.3%) 1 (50.0%)
Slightly Dissatisfied 10 (13.7%) 5 (16.1%) 3 (10.7%) 2 (16.7%) 0 (0.0%)
Neutral 2 (2.7%) 2 (6.5%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Slightly satisfied 8 (11.0%) 2 (6.5%) 4 (14.3%) 2 (16.7%) 0 (0.0%)
Satisfied 24 (32.9%) 12 (38.7%) 9 (32.1%) 3 (25.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Extremely satisfied 19 (26.0%) 7 (22.6%) 9 (32.1%) 3 (25.0%) 0 (0.0%)