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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of survey participants according to absence or presence of IP and the absence or presence of burnout. Results are presented as N (and percentage), except for continuous variable presented as Median and IQR. No alpha-adjustment was applied

From: Association of impostor phenomenon and burnout among Swiss residents and junior anaesthesiologists: results of a cross-sectional survey

Variable

Categories

IP absent

(N = 60)

IP present

(N = 76)

P-value*

Burnout absent

(N = 114)

Burnout present

(N = 13)

P-value*

Position

Resident

34 (56%)

46 (61%)

0.650

66 (58%)

10 (77%)

0.240

Junior anesthesiologists

26 (43%)

30 (39%)

48 (42%)

3 (13%)

Gender

Woman

27 (45%)

48 (63%)

0.035

59 (52%)

11(85%)

0.037

Man

33 (55%)

28 (37%)

55 (48%)

2 (15%)

Relationship status

Single

28 (47%)

34 (45%)

0.557

53 (46%)

6 (46%)

0.340

Registered partnership

4 (7%)

10 (13%)

11 (10%)

2 (15%)

Married

26 (43%)

28 (37%)

45 (39%)

4 (31%)

Separated

0

2(3%)

1 (1%)

1 (8%)

Divorced

2(3%)

2 (3%)

4 (4%)

0

Age

Continuous

34, IQR 32–38

34, IQR 32–38

0.992

34, IQR 32–38

35, IQR 33–37

0.833

Medical studies

In Switzerland

29 (48%)

51(67%)

0.043

71 (62%)

5 (38%)

0.195

Outside of Switzerland

27 (45%)

24 (32%)

39 (34%)

7 (54%)

In both

4 (7%)

1 (1%)

4 (4%)

1 (8%)

Swiss Nationality

Yes

30 (50%)

50 (66%)

0.063

71 (62%)

5 (38%)

0.135

Legal status

Swiss national

30 (50%)

50 (66%)

0.114

71 (62%)

5 (38%)

0.103

B or C Permit (permanent)

29 (48%)

24 (31%)

41 (36%)

7 (54%)

G permit (temporary)

1 (2%)

2 (3%)

2 (2%)

1 (8%)

Anesthesiology experience (years)

Continuous

5, IQR 2–8

4, IQR 3–6

0.527

5, IQR 3–7

4, IQR 3–6

0.983

Recent professional transition (position or hospitals)

Yes

12 (20%)

25 (33%)

0.093

31 (27%)

5 (38%)

0.516

Type of hospital

University hospital (level A1)

49 (82%)

67 (88%)

0.263

98 (86%)

11 (85%)

0.273

District hospital (level A2)

4 (6%)

3 (4%)

7 (6%)

0

Regional hospital (level B)

7 (12%)

4 (5%)

8 (7%)

1 (8%)

Small regional hospital (level C)

0

2 (3%)

1 (1%)

1 (8%)

PhD diploma

Yes

1 (2%)

5 (7%)

0.228

5 (4%)

0

1.000

Command of language in the workplace

Moderate

1 (2%)

0

0.107

0

1 (8%)

0.133

Good

4 (6%)

3 (4%)

7 (6%)

0

Very Good

12 (20%)

7 (9%)

17 (15%)

1 (8%)

Excellent

43 (72%)

66 (87%)

90 (79%)

11 (84%)

  1. *P-value derived by appropriate statistic test. The presence and absence of impostor phenomenon (IP) and burnout is presented for each variable