Table 3 Experience of professional dissatisfaction and burnout among physicians by age and specialty*
Age group | Specialty | Experiencing burnout | No burnout | Test statistic | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dissatisfied | Not dissatisfied | Dissatisfied | Not dissatisfied | ||||
<45 yrs | FP | 30.01% | 69.99% | 6.17% | 93.83% | X 2(1) = 41.79 | <0.001 |
Surgeons | 43.07 | 56.93 | 4.74 | 95.26 | X 2(1) = 22.37 | <0.001 | |
Other specialists | 35.95 | 64.05 | 1.82 | 98.18 | X 2(1) = 99.87 | <0.001 | |
45-54 yrs | FP | 37.88% | 62.12% | 4.74% | 95.26% | X 2(1) = 82.74 | <0.001 |
Surgeons | 52.07 | 47.93 | 6.04 | 93.96 | X 2(1) = 24.43 | <0.001 | |
Other specialists | 43.05 | 56.95 | 5.01 | 94.99 | X 2(1) = 80.98 | <0.001 | |
55-64 yrs | FP | 34.62% | 65.38% | 5.59% | 94.41% | X 2(1) = 46.15 | <0.001 |
Surgeons | 19.90 | 80.10 | 5.71 | 94.29 | X 2(1) = 3.27 | 0.07 | |
Other specialists | 25.97 | 74.03 | 3.83 | 96.17 | X 2(1) = 29.15 | <0.001 | |