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Table 2 Median scores for demand, job-control, and social support and calculated total scores for job strain by residents and faculty physicians

From: Occupational stress experienced by residents and faculty physicians on night shifts

Variables

Demand

Job-control

Social support

Job strain

Median

(min-max)

P

Median

(min-max)

p

Median

(min-max)

p

Median

(min-max)

P

Residents (n = 85)

17

(6–20)

<.05

16

(5–20)

<.001

17

(6–24)

>.05

1.1

(0.6-1.7)

<.001

Faculty Physicians (n = 23)

15

(13–19)

18

(10–20)

18

(6–24)

0.9

(0.7-1.4)

Total

16

(6–20)

16

(5–20)

17

(6–24)

1.0

(0.6-1.7)

  1. Job strain and demand was higher, job control was lower in residents than in faculty physicians and these differences were statistically significant