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Table 1 The mean scores of career satisfaction, stress and emotional states.

From: A mid year comparison study of career satisfaction and emotional states between residents and faculty at one academic medical center

 

Residents

Faculty

 
 

Mean

S D

Mean

S D

p-value

Satisfaction with career choice

3.98

0.88

4.29

0.81

0%

More stress than expected

3.00

0.90

3.15

0.84

4%

Appreciated

3.08

0.96

3.61

0.98

0%

Com petent

3.39

0.80

4.13

0.76

0%

Energized

2.75

0.96

3.20

0.94

0%

Excited

3.26

0.96

3.45

0.95

2%

Im portant

2.88

0.91

3.25

0.95

0%

Relieved

2.66

0.98

2.53

1.02

24%

Respected

3.14

0.89

3.79

0.83

0%

Useful

3.55

0.87

4.15

0.82

0%

Valued

3.14

0.94

3.65

0.96

0%

Angry

2.10

1.11

1.92

1.02

14%

Anxious

2.85

1.13

2.29

1.10

0%

Bored

2.03

0.97

1.78

0.95

0%

Depressed

2.39

1.18

1.83

0.97

0%

Defeated

2.06

1.14

1.70

0.96

0%

Fatigued

3.40

1.12

3.04

1.19

0%

Inferior

2.31

1.14

1.57

0.84

0%

Lonely

2.26

1.22

1.67

0.98

0%

Nervous

2.81

1.05

2.19

1.02

0%

O verwhelm ed

2.96

1.08

2.91

1.18

5%

  1. • SD: sample standard deviation
  2. • P-values were from χ2 test between residents and faculty on a five-point Likert scale (1-do not feel this way at all, and 5-feel strongly this way).