Comparison of Well-Being Index scores between physicians in practice at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and at academic health science centres in the United States (13)
| Item | No. (%) of respondents* | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PMCC physicians n = 127 | US physicians n = 21 594 | ||
| Gender | 0.02§ | ||
| Male | 90 (70.9) | 12 772 (59.1) | |
| Female | 36 (28.3) | 8787 (40.7) | |
| Gender diverse | 0 (0.0) | 23 (0.1) | |
| Missing | 1 (0.8) | 12 (0.1) | |
| Have you felt burned out from your work? | 0.048§ | ||
| Yes | 83 (65.4) | 12 233 (56.6) | |
| No | 44 (34.6) | 9361 (43.4) | |
| Have you worried that work is hardening you emotionally? | 0.2§ | ||
| Yes | 61 (48.0) | 9191 (42.6) | |
| No | 66 (52.0) | 12 403 (57.4) | |
| Have you often felt bothered by feeling down, depressed or hopeless? | 0.9§ | ||
| Yes | 37 (29.1) | 6200 (28.7) | |
| No | 90 (70.9) | 15 394 (71.3) | |
| Have you fallen asleep while sitting inactive in a public place? | 0.2§ | ||
| Yes | 25 (19.7) | 3400 (15.7) | |
| No | 102 (80.3) | 18 194 (84.2) | |
| Have you felt that all things you had to do were piling up so high that you could not overcome them? | 0.05§ | ||
| Yes | 64 (50.4) | 9048 (41.9) | |
| No | 63 (49.6) | 12 546 (58.1) | |
| Have you been bothered by emotional problems? | 0.3§ | ||
| Yes | 68 (53.5) | 10 470 (48.5) | |
| No | 59 (46.5) | 11 124 (51.5) | |
| Has your physical health interfered with your ability to do your daily work at home and/or away from home? | 0.3§ | ||
| Yes | 22 (17.3) | 3047 (14.1) | |
| No | 105 (82.7) | 18 547 (85.9) | |
| The work I do is meaningful to me† | 0.002¶ | ||
| Mean rating ± SD | 6.2 ± 1.11 | 5.9 ± 1.22 | |
| Median rating (range) | 7 (2.0 to 7.0) | 6 (1.0 to 7.0) | |
| My work schedule leaves me enough time for my personal/family life‡ | < 0.001¶ | ||
| Mean rating ± SD | 2.6 ± 1.12 | 3.0 ± 1.19 | |
| Median rating (range) | 2 (1.0 to 5.0) | 3 (1.0 to 5.0) | |
| WBI score | 0.004¶ | ||
| Mean ± SD | 2.4 ± 2.60 | 1.8 ± 2.67 | |
| Median (range) | 3 (−2.0 to 7.0) | 2 (−2.0 to 9.0) | |
| WBI score ≥ 3 | 0.001¶ | ||
| Yes | 69 (54.3) | 8641 (40.0) | |
| No | 58 (45.7) | 12 953 (60.0) | |
| WBI score ≥ 5 | 0.03¶ | ||
| Yes | 33 (26.0) | 3977 (18.4) | |
| No | 94 (74.0) | 17 617 (81.6) | |
Note: PMCC = Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, SD = standard deviation.
↵* Except where noted otherwise.
↵† Rated on a 7-point Likert scale where 1 = very strongly disagree and 7 = very strongly agree.
↵‡ Rated on a 5-point Likert scale where 1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree.
↵§ χ2 test.
↵¶ Kruskal–Wallis test.