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Table 1 Sample characteristics, by healthcare unit

From: Exploring public sector physicians’ resilience, reactions and coping strategies in times of economic crisis; findings from a survey in Portugal’s capital city area

 

Total (N = 484)

Healthcare units

Characteristics

HSJ (n = 302)

ACES Cascais (n = 96)

ACES Amadora (n = 86)

Age (Median, IQR)

43.00 (31–57)

42.00 (30–55)

47.00 (33–58)

43.00 (32–58)

Gender (M) n(%)

208 (43.0%)

160 (53.0%)

23 (24.0%)

25 (29.1%)

Married (Y)

260 (53.7%)

155 (51.3%)

54 (56.3%)

51 (59.3%)

Nationality (Pt)

473 (97.7%)

298 (98.7%)

92 (95.8%)

83 (96.5%)

Other physician in family (Y)

246 (50.8%)

157 (52.0%)

42 (43.8%)

47 (54.7%)

Dependents (Y)

227 (46.9%)

139 (46.0%)

47 (49.0%)

41 (47.7%)

Years as Medical Doctor

18.45 (12.98)

18.04 (12.98)

19.60 (12.62)

18.59 (13.43)

Private sector practice (Y)

185 (38.3%)

138 (45.8%)

26 (27.1%)

21 (24.4%)

Junior medical residents

10 (2.1%)

10 (3.3%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Senior medical residents

132 (27.3%)

92 (30.5%)

17 (17.7%)

23 (26.7%)

Clinicians (no spec.)

6 (1.2%)

1 (0.3%)

3 (3.1%)

2 (2.3%)

Auxiliary assistant

142 (29.3%)

80 (26.5%)

36 (37.5%)

26 (30.2%)

Graduate assistant

147 (30.4%)

87 (28.8%)

32 (33.3%)

28 (32.6%)

Senior graduate assistant

47 (9.7%)

32 (10.6%)

8 (8.3%)

7 (8.1%)

Total weekly working hours (2015): Mean (SD)

52.00 (13.07)

55.85 (14.22)

46.70 (8.55)

44.97 (6.73)

Public weekly working hours (2015): Mean (SD)

45.64 (11.26)

47.53 (13.09)

42.85 (6.61)

42.29 (5.94)

Weekly Leisure Time (2015) Mean (SD)

15.85 (12.12)

16.12 (12.82)

15.71 (11.05)

15.08 (10.75)

Total yearly earnings (2015) (1000*Euros): Mean (SD)

33,611 (21,020)

36,347 (24,539)

30,435 (13,591)

27,998 (11,415)

  1. IQR interquartile range; Qualitative variables characterized as n(%)