Table 1. The Demographic of Medical Residents Who Had the Intention to Resign during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

From: Factors Associated with Intention to Resign among Medical Residents during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: A Cross-sectional Study

Total
(n = 354)
IRa
(n = 92)
NIR b
(n = 262)
P-value
Gender [n (%)] 0.880
 Male 279 72 (25.8) 207(74.2)
 Female 75 20 (26.7) 55 (73.3)
Age [n (%)] 0.310
 24-25 47 9 (19.2) 38 (80.9)
 26-30 249 62 (24.9) 187 (75.1)
 31-35 38 13 (34.2) 25 (65.8)
 36-40 18 7 (38.9) 11 (61.1)
 41-45 2 1 (50.0) 1 (50.0)
PGY [n (%)] 0.003*
 PGY 1 93 17 (18.3) 76 (81.7)
 PGY 2 85 17 (20.0) 68 (80.0)
 PGY 3 69 16 (23.2) 53 (76.8)
 PGY 4 51 17 (33.3) 34 (66.7)
 PGY 5 56 25 (44.6) 31 (55.4)
Working hours
[Mean (SD)]
50.8 (18.7) 52.0 (17.3) 50.4 (19.2) 0.469
Sleeping hours
[Mean (SD)]
6.3 (0.92) 6.2 (1.03) 6.38 (0.88) 0.168
Location of the hospitalc [n (%)] 0.421
 Urban area 239 59 (24.7) 180 (75.3)
 Others 115 33 (28.7) 82 (71.3)
Number of hospital beds [n (%)] 0.052
 <300 40 13 (32.5) 27 (67.5)
 300-700 222 48 (21.6) 174 (78.4)
 ≥700 92 31 (33.7) 61 (66.3)
Presence of mental health support at the hospital [n (%)] <0.001*
 Yes 183 36 (19.7) 147 (80.3)
 No 53 25 (47.2) 28 (52.8)
 Do not know 118 31 (26.3) 87 (73.7)
Treated patients with COVID-19 [n (%)] 0.070
 Yes 272 77 (28.3) 195 (71.7)
 No 82 15 (18.3) 67 (81.7)
Number of treating patient with COVID-19
[mean (SD)]
8.71 (26.1) 9.03 (12.3) 8.58 (29.9) 0.900
Communication frequency with supervising physicians [n (%)] 0.073
Increased 41 14 (34.2) 27 (65.9)
Decreased 97 31 (32.0) 66 (68.0)
No change 216 47 (21.8) 169 (78.2)
In the face of this COVID-19 pandemic, have you become interested or concerned about public health? [n (%)] 0.012*
 Yes 184 39 (21.2) 145 (78.8)
 already been interested in 56 23 (41.1) 33 (58.9)
 No 114 30 (26.3) 84 (73.7)
Specialized Clinical Department d 0.901
 Department of Medicine 94 31 (33.0) 63 (67.0)
 Department of Surgery 81 26 (32.1) 55 (67.9)
Table 2. Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis of Intention to Resign.

From: Factors Associated with Intention to Resign among Medical Residents during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: A Cross-sectional Study

AOR a 95% Cl P-value
Female 1.12 0.59-2.11 0.733
Postgraduate Year
 PGY 1 1[Reference]
 PGY 2 0.97 0.44-2.17 0.946
 PGY 3 1.26 0.55-2.85 0.585
 PGY 4 1.94 0.83-4.51 0.124
 PGY 5 3.38 1.51-7.56 0.003*
Sleeping hours 0.85 0.64-1.13 0.266
Number of hospital beds [n (%)]
 <300 1[Reference]
 300-700 0.79 0.34-1.83 0.579
 ≥700 1.33 0.54-3.32 0.537
Presence of mental health support at the hospital
 Yes 1[Reference]
 No 2.95 1.42-6.15 0.004*
 Do not know 1.51 0.83-2.76 0.175
Treated patient with COVID-19 2.13 1.08-4.18 0.028*
Communication frequency with supervising physicians
 Increased 1[Reference]
 Decreased 0.81 0.34-1.93 0.634
 No change 0.51 0.23-1.15 0.104
In the face of this COVID-19 pandemic, have you become interested or concerned about public health?
 Yes 1[Reference]
 already been interested in 1.86 0.89-3.88 0.098
 No 1.27 0.69-2.32 0.446
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