Table 2.

Professional Activities and Adversities Between Men and Women

Total
(N = 566)
Men
(N = 130)
Women
(N = 436)
Statistics
Professional activities n %
Year of residencya
 1st year102 32.233 35.969 30.7
 2nd year124 39.137 40.287 38.7t = 1.6, P = .44
 3rd year91 28.722 23.969 30.7
Maximum working hours per day (mean; SD)17.9 5.919.7 5.517.4 5.9t = 3.9, P < .001; Hedge’s g = 0.39
Ideal working hours per day (mean; SD)7.1 1.87.2 2.17.0 1.7t = 0.8, P = .4
Professional adversities n %
Patients with severe suicidal ideation (Yes)319 56.471 54.6248 56.9χ2 = 0.2, P = .64
Patients who committed suicide (Yes)63 11.110 7.753 12.2χ2 = 2.0, P = .15
Attending physician of a patient who died (Yes)263 46.569 53.1194 44.5χ2 = 2.9, P = .08
Required specialized support (Yes)b23  8.72 2.921 10.8Fisher’s exact 0.04; Cramer’s V = 0.12
Attacks (Yes)388 68.682 63.1306 70.2χ2 = 2.3, P = .12
 Physical (Yes)c42 10.812 14.630 9.8χ2 = 1.5, P = .21
 Verbal (Yes)c365 94.181 98.8284 92.8χ2 = 4.1, P = .04; Cramer’s V = 0.10
 Psychological (Yes)c233 60.147 57.3186 60.8χ2 = 0.3, P = .56
 Assailant patients (Yes)c298 76.857 69.5241 78.8χ2 = 3.1, P = .07
 Assailant patient’s relative (Yes)c325 83.865 79.3260 85.0χ2 = 1.5, P = .21
 Assailant colleague (Yes)c132 34.032 39.0100 32.7χ2 = 1.1, P = .28
 Assailant – student (Yes)c14 3.64 4.910 3.3χ2 = 0.4, P = .48
  • Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

  • an = 317 from those who were residents.

  • bn = 263 from those who attend a patient who died under his/her care.

  • cn = 388 from those who reported being attacked.