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Table 1 The relation between total stress and each of effective factors on it

From: Occupational stress among medical residents in educational hospitals

Effective factor

Descriptive Statistics

P value

N (%)

Mean score of total stress

SD

Rotation in specialty

rotating

189 (60.8%)

156.5

18.2

0.832

non- rotating

122 (39.2%)

156.1

18.8

Hours of rest during the on-call shifts

< 2 h

83 (27.76)

157.7

16.7

0.428

≥ 2 h

228 (73.3%)

155.8

19.0

Time to eat healthy meals

enough

142 (45.7%)

155.2

18.9

0.047

not enough

169 (54.3%)

158.9

17.3

Specialty fields

Surgical

164 (52.7%)

162.7

18.4

< 0.001

Internal medical

147 (47.3%)

149.2

15.6

Having on-call shift

On-call

295 (94.9%)

157.5

18.0

< 0.001

No on-call

16 (5.1%)

134.8

10.6

Hours of work per week

≥  80 h

182 (82%)

158.6

17.9

< 0.001

< 80 h

56 (18%)

145.9

17.0