Health, risk behaviour and consumption of addictive substances among physicians - results of an online survey

Table 1 Socio-demographic and occupational characteristics (absolute numbers/frequency in %)

Characteristic	Female physicians (n = 417)	Male physicians (n = 503)	All (n = 920)	P-value
Age group
18–35	190/46	150/30	340/37	< 0,001
36–45	101/24	135/27	236/26
46–55	90/22	131/26	221/24
older than 55	36/9	87/17	123/13
Marital status
Unmarried	177/42	120/24	297/32	< 0,001
Married	221/53	365/73	586/64
Divorced/widowed	19/5	18/4	37/4
Children (living in the household)
Yes	159/38	263/52	422/46	< 0,001
No	258/62	240/48	498/54	< 0,001
Medical speciality
General practice	32/8	45/9	77/8	< 0,001
Anaesthesiology	66/16	85/17	151/16
Surgery^a	28/7	52/10	80/9
Orthopaedic and trauma surgery	16/4	66/13	82/9
Internal medicine	87/21	107/21	194/21
Paediatrics	38/9	21/4	59/6
Psychiatry/child and adolescent	38/9	35/7	73/8
Psychiatry
Other	112/27	92/18	204/22
Position/educational level
Resident	193/46	145/29	338/37	< 0,001
Specialist	117/28	130/26	247/27
Physician in a leading position	107/26	228/45	335/36
Establishment
University hospital	184/44	192/38	376/41	0.110
For-profit/public/non-profit hospital	177/42	224/45	401/44
Phyiscian in private practice	56/13	87/17	143/16
Working hours per week
More than 70 h	24/6	58/12	82/9	< 0,001
60 h - less than 70 h	61/15	129/26	190/21
50 h - less than 60 h	132/32	164/33	296/32
40 h - less than 50 h	124/30	119/24	243/26
30 h - less than 40 h	49/12	25/5	74/8
Less than 30 h	27/7	8/2	35/4
Stresses and strains
Stress/pressure at work and in the private environment	157/38	173/34	330/36	0.590
Stress/pressure at work or in the private environment	210/50	266/53	476/52
None	50/12	64/13	114/12

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