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Table 2 Comparisons of psychosocial characteristics and organizational structure between medical and nonmedical residents.†

From: High prevalence of mental disorder symptoms among medical and other health specialties residents during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

NONMEDICAL

n (%)

MEDICAL

n (%)

ODDS RATIO

95% CI

P VALUE

 

Lower

Upper

 

GENDER (1310 responses)

 

Female

549 (86.3%)

476 (70.6%)

2.625

1.983

3.474

< 0.001

 

Male

87 (13.7%)

198 (29.4%)

 

RACE (1313 responses)

 

White

338 (52.9%)

440 (65.3%)

0.597

0.478

0.746

< 0.001

 

Nonwhite

301 (47.1%)

234 (34.7%)

 

PRESENCE OF DISEASES (1305 responses)

 

Yes

104 (16.4%)

130 (19.4%)

0.817

0.615

1.085

0.162

 

No

530 (83.6%)

541 (80.6%)

 

DASS-21 – DEPRESSION (1313 responses)

 

Abnormal

334 (52.3%)

339 (50.3%)

1.082

0.871

1.344

0.475

 

Normal

305 (47.7%)

335 (49.7%)

 

DASS-21 – ANXIETY (1313 responses)

 

Abnormal

372 (58.2%)

329 (48.8%)

1.461

1.085

1.363

0.001

 

Normal

267 (41.8%)

345 (51.2%)

 

DASS-21 – STRESS (1313 responses)

 

Abnormal

342 (53.5%)

349 (51.8%)

1.072

0.863

1.332

0.528

 

Normal

297 (46.5%)

325 (48.2%)

 

PHQ-9 (1313 responses)

 

High

404 (63.2%)

395 (58.6%)

1.214

0.972

1.516

0.087

 

Low

235 (36.8%)

279 (41.4%)

 

BRCS (1313 responses)

 

Low resilience

414 (64.8%)

399 (59.2%)

1.268

1.014

1.586

0.037

 

Moderate to high

225 (35.2%)

275 (40.8%)

 

PERCEPTION OF AUTONOMY (1313 responses)

 

Moderate to high

535 (83.7%)

554 (82.2%)

1.114

0.835

1.486

0.462

 

Low

104 (16.3%)

120 (17.8%)

 

ADEQUACY OF THE PEDAGOGICAL STRUCTURE (1313 responses)

 

Moderate to high

312 (48.8%)

443 (65.7%)

0.498

0.398

0.621

< 0.001

 

Low

327 (51.2%)

231 (34.3%)

 

AVAILABILITY OF PPE (1313 responses)

 

Moderate to high

515 (80.6%)

517 (76.7%)

1.261

0.967

1.644

0.086

 

Low

124 (19.4%)

157 (23.3%)

 

WORK OUTSIDE THE RESIDENCY PROGRAMME (1313 responses)

 

Yes

8 (1.3%)

416 (61.7%)

0.008

0.004

0.016

< 0.001

 

No

631 (98.7%)

258 (38.3%)

 

DIRECT CARE OF PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 (1313 responses)

 

Yes

246 (38.5%)

544 (80.7%)

0.150

0.117

0.192

< 0.001

 

No

393 (61.5%)

130 (19.3%)

 

CUMULATIVE WEEKLY WORKLOAD (1313 responses)

 

> 60 h

294 (46.0%)

478 (70.9%)

0.349

0.278

0.439

< 0.001

 

≤ 60 h

345 (54.0%)

196 (29.1%)

 
  1. †Unadjusted bivariate inferential analyses using the chi-square test
  2. BRCS: Brief Resilient Coping Scale
  3. CI: Confidence interval
  4. DASS-21: Depression, anxiety, and stress scale, 21 items
  5. PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire, 9 items
  6. PPE: Personal protective equipment