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Table 2 Personal characteristics of highly frustrated physicians

From: The difficult doctor? Characteristics of physicians who report frustration with patients: an analysis of survey data

Physician characteristic

Percent highly frustrated

P value*

Age

  

   <40 years

40

<0.001

   ≥40 years

22

 

Sex

  

   Male

24

0.04

   Female

32

 

Race

  

   White

26

0.96

   Nonwhite

26

 

Specialty

  

   Family medicine

21

0.01

   General internal medicine

29

 

   Medicine subspecialty

34

 

General health

  

   Good-excellent

25

0.02

   Poor-fair

43

 

Often depressed

  

   No

24

0.004

   Yes

42

 

Often anxious

  

   No

23

<0.001

   Yes

47

 

Stress

  

   Below average

16

<0.001

   Above average

36

 
  1. * Pearson's chi-square, adjusted for sampling weights and stratification
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