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Table 2 One-way analyses of variance for the stressors by medical speciality

From: Hospital physicians’ work stressors in different medical specialities: a statistical group comparison

 

Anaesthesia

Surgery

Obstetrics and gynaecology

Internal medicine

Paediatrics

Neurosurgery

Neurology

Orthopaedics

Psychiatry and psychotherapy

Radiology

Urology

F

(n = 129)

(n = 149)

(n = 60)

(n = 178)

(n = 52)

(n = 20)

(n = 44)

(n = 46)

(n = 50)

(n = 23)

(n = 12)

Time pressure

3.59

3.49

3.13a

3.76a,b,c

3.15b

3.85

3.74

3.45

3.14c

3.74

3.92

3.93***

Uncertainty1

3.32d,e

2.94f

2.53d,g,h

3.27g

2.68e,i

3.33

3.53f,h,i

3.00

2.83

3.09

3.04

4.71***

Frustration about how work needs to be done

2.78j

2.93k

2.80l

3.33j,k,l

2.78

2.93

3.35

3.05

2.96

2.58

3.28

3.85***

Problems in workflow due to supervisors and colleagues

2.45

2.29

2.43

2.47

2.09

2.38

2.19

2.47

2.28

2.52

2.58

1.47

Problems in workflow due to other professional groups

2.45

2.45

2.65

2.71

2.30

2.55

2.65

2.67

2.44

2.72

2.63

1.84

Social stressors with patients/families

2.11m, n, o, p, q

2.54m

2.19r,s,t

2.85n,r,u

2.45

2.45

3.01o,s,v

2.75p,w

2.88q,t,x

1.89u,v,w,x

2.67

9.33***

Emotional dissonance1

2.52

2.41

2.33

2.54

2.15

2.43

2.48

2.75

2.97

2.28

2.71

1.96

  1. N = 763. Post-hoc test: Bonferroni. 1Because of the heterogeneous variance, tested with the Welch-test and Post-hoc test: Dunnett-T3.
  2. Significant group differences are marked with the same high-ranking letters: aInternal medicine - Gynaecology ** ; bInternal medicine - Paediatrics * ; cInternal medicine - Psychiatry/Psychotherapy * ; dAnaesthesia - Gynaecology *** ; eAnaesthesia - Paediatrics * ; fSurgery - Neurology* ; gGynaecology - Internal medicine*** ; hGynaecology - Neurology *** ; iPaediatrics - Neurology ** ; jInternal medicine - Anaesthesia *** ; kInternal medicine - Surgery * ; lInternal medicine - Gynaecology * ; mAnaesthesia - Surgery** ; nAnaesthesia - Internal medicine*** ; oAnaesthesia - Neurology *** ; pAnaesthesia - Orthopaedics ** ; qAnaesthesia - Psychiatry/Psychotherapy *** ; rGynaecology - Internal medicine *** ; sGynaecology - Neurology *** ; tGynaecology - Psychiatry/Psychotherapy ** ; uRadiology - Internal medicine *** ; vRadiology - Neurology *** ; wRadiology - Orthopaedics * ; xRadiology - Psychiatry/Psychotherapy ***.
  3. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.
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