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Table 6 Association between burnout symptoms and physicians' wishes to leave

From: Burnout among young physicians and its association with physicians’ wishes to leave: results of a survey in Saxony, Germany

 

Wish to go abroad for clinical work

Wish to leave clinical practice

Independent variables

OR [SE]

CI 95 %

p

OR [SE]

CI 95 %

p

Female sex

0.70 [0.08]

0.56 – 0.87

0.002

1.09 [0.14]

0.84 – 1.42

0.500

Age

1.02 [0.02]

0.99 – 1.05

0.172

1.00 [0.02]

0.97 – 1.04

0.858

In a relationship

0.71 [0.10]

0.53 – 0.95

0.019

1.14 [0.20]

0.80 – 1.62

0.462

Having children

0.44 [0.06]

0.34 – 0.57

<0.001

1.21 [0.18]

0.90 – 1.61

0.200

Score emotional exhaustion

1.03 [0.01]

1.01 – 1.04

<0.001

1.09 [0.01]

1.07 – 1.10

<0.001

Score depersonalization

1.02 [0.01]

1.00 – 1.04

0.036

1.01 [0.01]

0.98 – 1.03

0.512

Score personal accomplishment

1.00 [0.01]

0.98 – 1.01

0.759

0.96 [0.01]

0.94 – 0.98

<0.001

  1. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to determine variables associated with the wish to go abroad for clinical work (R2 = 0.0614) and the wish to leave clinical practice (R2 = 0.1307). Analysis was performed with the data of 1748 and 1757 participants, respectively. OR = odds ratio; SE = standard error; CI 95 % = 95 % confidence interval