Burnout in Israeli medical students: a national survey

BMC Medical Education

Table 4 Univariate logistic regression analysis for the correlation between variables and level of burnout

Variable	Type of variable	Category	OR	95%CI	p
Gender	Binary	Male	1.00	Reference
Gender	Binary	Female	2.15	1.56–2.96	< 0.001
Age group (years)	Ordinal	< 25	1.00	Reference
		26–30	1.41	0.99–2.00	0.055
		31–40	0.90	0.53–1.52	0.690
		P for trend			0.066
Year of study	Ordinal	1^st/ 2^nd	1.00	Reference
		3^rd	2.00	1.31–3.05	0.001
		4^th	3.35	1.90–5.91	< 0.001
		5^th/6^th	2.91	1.80–4.72	< 0.001
		P for trend			< 0.001
Medical school	Nominal	Bar Ilan	1.00	Reference
		Ben-Gurion	0.61	0.40–0.93	0.020
		Tel-Aviv	0.80	0.50–1.30	0.376
Is the student a parent?	Binary	No	1.00	Reference
Is the student a parent?	Binary	Yes	0.59	0.36–0.98	0.040
Does the student have a physician parent	Binary	No	1.00	Reference
Does the student have a physician parent	Binary	Yes	0.81	0.54–1.21	0.302
Source of tuition	Binary	Myself	1.00	Reference
Payment	Binary	Parents/Other	1.09	0.76–1.57	0.638
Family status	Binary	Married/Living with a partner	1.00	Reference
Family status	Binary	Bachelor	1.24	0.89–1.73	0.199
Monthly monetary	Ordinal	No	1.00	Reference
Support by parents		Less than $625	0.95	0.64–1.41	0.801
		More than $625	1.31	0.86–1.99	0.211
		P for trend			0.221

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