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Table 4 Demographic information regarding the decided and undecided respondent groups

From: Factors affecting the preference of anesthesia residents regarding subspecialty training

Variables

Undecided about pursuing fellowship

Decided about pursuing fellowship

p-value

Sex, n (%)

  

0.255

 Female

74 (61.2)

87 (54.4)

 

 Male

47 (38.8)

73 (45.6)

 

Age (years), mean ± SD

29.5 ± 3.7

30.0 ± 4.1

0.282

Marital Status, n (%)

  

0.240

 Single

63 (52.1)

72 (45.0)

 

 Married

58 (47.9)

88 (55.0)

 

Type of Hospital of Residency, n (%)

  

0.227

 University Hospital

62 (51.2)

93 (58.5)

 

 Education and Research Hospital

59 (48.8)

66 (41.5)

 

Post Graduate Year, n (%)

  

0.240

 1st year

28 (23.1)

27 (17.1)

 

 2nd year

28 (23.1)

43 (27.2)

 

 3rd year

26 (21.5)

27 (17.1)

 

 4th year

24 (19.8)

33 (20.9)

 

 5th year

15 (12.4)

28 (17.7)

 

Any participation of a study during residency except thesis, n (%)

  

0.727

 No

70 (58.3)

90 (56.3)

 

 Yes

50 (41.7)

70 (43.8)

 

Any published article during residency, n (%)

  

0.036

 No

108 (89.3)

128 (80.0)

 

 Yes

13 (10.7)

32 (20.0)

 

The existence of Algology unit, n (%)

  

0.729

 No

34 (28.1)

48 (30.0)

 

 Yes

87 (71.9)

112 (70.0)

 

The effects of the existence or absence of the subspecialty unit, n (%)

  

0.003

 No

30 (24.8)

67 (41.9)

 

 Yes

91 (75.2)

93 (58.1)

 
  1. Pearson’s Chi-square test, Student’s t-test, Mann-Whitney U test