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. 2023 Mar 10;33(8):5664–5674. doi: 10.1007/s00330-023-09510-6

Table 2.

Physical exhaustion among radiologists. Significant differences between the reference group and respective group of interest are italicized

Physical exhaustion Never Seldom Sometimes Often Always Total Differencea (Ref: never/seldom)
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) OR (95% CI)
Gender N = 507
  Female 7 (3.0) 64 (27.0) 85 (35.9) 75 (31.7) 6 (2.5) 237 (46.5) Ref
  Male 15 (5.5) 104 (38.1) 88 (32.2) 60 (22.0) 6 (2.2) 273 (53.5) 0.59 (0.41, 0.86)
Current position N = 504
  Resident 8 (5.5) 38 (26.0) 45 (30.8) 49 (33.6) 6 (4.1) 146 (28.8) Ref
  Specialist 2 (3.6) 16 (28.6) 22 (39.3) 15 (26.8) 1 (1.8) 56 (11.1) 1.00 (0.49, 2.02)
  (Leading) senior physician 4 (2.4) 54 (32.1) 60 (35.7) 46 (27.4) 4 (2.4) 168 (33.1) 1.03 (0.56, 1.88)
  Employed or self-employed in outpatient care 4 (5.5) 34 (46.6) 23 (31.5) 11 (15.1) 1 (1.4) 73 (14.4) 0.53 (0.26, 1.09)
  Chief physician 3 (4.7) 26 (40.6) 22 (34.4) 13 (20.3) 0 (0.0) 64 (12.6) 0.80 (0.35, 1.87)
Paid overtime per week N = 506
  None 10 (4.3) 81 (34.8) 76 (32.6) 59 (25.3) 7 (3.0) 233 (45.8) Ref
  1–4 h 9 (7.1) 43 (33.9) 46 (36.2) 29 (22.8) 0 (0.0) 127 (25.0) 0.72 (0.45, 1.16)
  5–10 h 2 (1.6) 34 (26.4) 45 (34.9) 43 (33.3) 5 (3.9) 129 (25.3) 1.49 (0.93, 2.41)
   > 10 h 1 (5.0) 10 (50.0) 5 (25.0) 4 (20.0) 0 (0.0) 20 (3.9) 0.51 (0.20, 1.31)
Unpaid overtime per week N = 506
  None 13 (5.4) 96 (39.7) 75 (31.0) 56 (23.1) 2 (0.8) 242 (47.5) Ref
  1–4 h 4 (3.6) 33 (29.7) 38 (34.2) 32 (28.8) 4 (3.6) 111 (21.8) 1.41 (0.87, 2.28)
  5–10 h 5 (3.4) 24 (20.9) 47 (40.9) 34 (29.6) 5 (4.4) 115 (22.6) 2.54 (1.54, 4.19)
   > 10 h 0 (0.0) 15 (36.6) 12 (29.3) 13 (31.7) 1 (2.4) 41 (8.1) 1.96 (0.95, 4.04)
Opportunities to shape the work environment N = 491
  Complete/mainly fulfilled 19 (5.7) 127 (37.8) 118 (35.1) 68 (20.2) 4 (1.2) 336 (68.0) Ref
  Hardly/not fulfilled 3 (1.9) 36 (22.8) 49 (31.0) 63 (39.9) 11 (5.7) 158 (32.0) 2.03 (1.32, 3.13)
Total 22 (4.3) 168 (32.9) 173 (33.9) 135 (26.5) 12 (2.4)  510 (100.0)

Abbreviations: Ref reference, OR odd ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval. aAll regressions were adjusted for gender and age