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Table 2 Descriptive and demographic results

From: Examining the association of career stage and medical specialty with personality preferences – a cross-sectional survey of junior doctors and attending physicians from various specialties

 

Junior Doctorsa

Attending physicians

(n = 39)

Overall (n = 59)

Non-surgicalb (n = 23)

Surgical (n = 18)

EM (n = 18)

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

Gender

 M (%)

25

(64.1)

45

(76.3)

16

(69.6)

15

(83.3)

14

(77.8)

 F (%)

14

(35.9)

14

(23.7)

7

(30.4)

3

(16.7)

4

(22.2)

 Age (yrs)

27.6

(1.77)

41.6

(6.4)

44.0

(6.92)

40.6

(5.09)

39.6

(6.20)

 Seniority (yrs)

NA

9.92

(5.71)

11.6

(6.47)

8.78

(4.26)

8.89

(5.70)

MBTI results

 Extrovert

9.90

(6.91)

9.31

(5.95)

8.35

(6.24)

10.22

(6.23)

9.61

(5.44)

 Introvert

11.0

(6.94)

11.7

(5.95)

12.65

(6.24)

10.78

(6.23)

11.39

(5.44)

 Sensing

14.5

(4.96)

16.7

(4.99)

17

(4.83)

17.44

(5.14)

15.61

(5.14)

 Intuition

11.5

(4.96)

9.24

(4.95)

8.91

(4.79)

8.56

(5.14)

10.33

(5.08)

 Thinking

12.2

(5.41)

14.8

(5.47)

13.61

(5.85)

15.94

(4.87)

15.28

(5.51)

 Feeling

11.8

(5.41)

9.15

(5.47)

10.39

(5.85)

8.06

(4.87)

8.67

(5.52)

 Judging

12.3

(6.94)

15.5

(6.27)

16.87

(6.70)

14.28

(6.09)

15.11

(5.89)

 Perceiving

9.67

(6.94)

6.46

(6.27)

5.13

(6.70)

7.72

(6.09)

6.89

(5.89)

Dichotomy

 I (I, %)

22

(56.4)

32

(54.2)

14

(60.9)

7

(38.9)

11

(61.1)

 II (S, %)

23

(59.0)

44

(74.6)

18

(78.3)

15

(83.3)

11

(61.1)

 III (T, %)

22

(56.4)

36

(61.0)

12

(52.2)

14

(77.8)

10

(55.6)

 IV (J, %)

20

(51.3)

42

(71.2)

18

(78.3)

12

(66.7)

12

(66.7)

  1. aPGY1–3
  2. bEM physician was not included in non-surgical physicians
  3. Abbreviation: EM Emergency medicine, NA Non-accessible
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