Relationship between burnout and career choice regret among Chinese neurology postgraduates

BMC Medical Education

Table 5 Career choice regret with associated factor

Career choice regret ^a	Variables	OR (95% CI)	P value
Neutral versus without career choice regret	Academic year
	First-year, master’s degree	1.91 (0.64–5.69)	0.25
	Second-year, master’s degree	3.19 (1.10–9.26)	0.03
	Third-year, master’s degree	2.45 (0.85–7.07)	0.10
	First-year, doctor’s degree	2.66 (0.76–9.24)	0.13
	Second-year, doctor’s degree	1.69 (0.43–6.61)	0.45
	Third-year, doctor’s degree	1 (Reference)
	Hours worked or studied per week (h)
	< 35	0.84 (0.52–1.35)	0.47
	35–45	0.64 (0.47–0.88)	0.01
	45–55	0.66 (0.49–0.90)	0.01
	> 55	1 (Reference)
	Marital status
	Married	1.24 (1.07–2.20)	0.02
	Unmarried	1 (Reference)
	Burnout
	Without	0.33 (0.24–0.45)	< 0.01
	With	1 (Reference)
With career choice regret versus without career choice regret	Hours worked or studied per week (h)
	< 35	0.84 (0.52–1.35)	0.47
	35–45	0.64 (0.47–0.88)	< 0.01
	45–55	0.66 (0.49–0.90)	< 0.01
	> 55	1 (Reference)
	Marital status
	Married	1.54 (1.07–2.20)	0.02
	Unmarried	1 (Reference)
	Burnout
	Without	0.33 (0.24–0.45)	< 0.01
	With	1 (Reference)

Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio
^aOR < 1 indicates that it is a preventive factor of career choice regret, where as OR > 1 indicates that it is a risk factor of career choice regret
Note: The reference category is: without career choice regret

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