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Table 5 Associations between demographic and work-related characteristics of the study participants and Workplace psychological safety climate; Sexual harassment climate scores; and Abuse index

From: Musculoskeletal pain among medical residents: role of workplace safety climate and sexual harassment

 

Workplace PSC scores

Sexual Harassment Climate score

Abuse Index

Median (IQR)

P value

Median (IQR)

P value

Median (IQR)

P value

Demographic characteristics

      

Age

      

 25-

27(16)

0.118§

3.0(1.1)

0.154§

0.6(0.1–1.6)

0.682§

 27–28

27(15)

3.2(1.0)

0.7(0.5–1.4)

  > 28

30(17)

3.1(0.8)

0.9(0.5–1.3)

Gender

      

 Females

27.0(18.0)

0.612Â¥

3.1(0.8)

0.581

0.8(0.4–1.3)

0.198Â¥

 Males

28.5(15.5)

3.1(0.5)

1.1(0.7–1.4)

Marital status

      

 Single

27.0(13.3)

0.047*§

3.1(0.8)

0.112§

0.9(0.5–1.5)

0.070§

 Married

29.5(15.5)

3.2(0.8)

0.7(0.3–1.3)

 Divorced

12.0

2.7

1.8

Work-Related Characteristics

      

Working place

      

 Private

31.0(14.0)

0.462Â¥

3.0(1.3)

0.851Â¥

0.7(1.4)

0.894Â¥

 Public

27.0(18.0)

3.1(0.8)

0.9(0.9)

Working shifts

      

 Morning shift

35.0(20.5)

0.016*Â¥

3.1(0.6)

0.862Â¥

0.7(0.7)

0.018*Â¥

 Both Morning and Evening shifts

27.0(14.8)

3.1(0.8)

1.0(1.0)

Shift duration

      

 6 hours

31.0(17.0)

0.068§

3.2(0.5)

0.262§

0.7(0.9)

0.034*§

 12 hours

27.5(16.5)

3.2(1.1)

1.0(0.9)

 18–24 hours

25.5(12.8)

3.0(0.8)

0.9(1.0)

Specialty

      

 Clinical pathology

30.5(18.0)

0.047*§

3.6(0.9)

0.172§

0.7(0.8)

0.001*§

 EM, Anesthesia and ICU

31.0(16.3)

3.1(1.0)

1.1(1.1)

 Family medicine

30.5(19.3)

3.3(0.5)

0.4(0.8)

 Medicine

26.0(21.0)

3.1(0.5)

0.8(0.8)

 Neuropsychiatry

22.0(12.0)

2.7(0.8)

1.0(0.7)

 Obstetrics /gynecology

12.5(0.5)

3.8(0.6)

1.9(0.7)

 Pediatrics

26.5(13.5)

3.1(1.3)

0.7(1.0)

 Radiology

29.0(14.8)

2.8(1.0)

0.9(1.1)

 Surgery

27.0(10.5)

3.0(0.9)

1.3(1.0)

 Education

      

 Fresh graduate

27.0(14.0)

0.184§

3.1(0.8)

0.180§

0.8(0.4–1.4)

0.900§

 Master’s

28.5(22.0)

3.2(0.8)

1.0(0.5–1.3)

 Doctorate

36.0(17.0)

2.9(0.8)

0.8(0.5–1.2)

  1. PSC Psychological Safety Climate, * Statistically significant at p value < 0.05, ¥ Mann-Whitney test was used, § Kruskal-Wallis test was used