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Table 2 Relationship between the study variables and the level of work-related stress through a bivariate analysis

From: Mindfulness in primary care healthcare and teaching professionals and its relationship with stress at work: a multicentric cross-sectional study

Variables

Mean ± SD (95% CI of the mean)

P value

Age (years):

 

< 0.001*

 -Under 30

5.38 ± 2.61 (5.00–5.77)

 

 -From 30 to 45

6.36 ± 2.40 (5.88–6.83)

 

 -46 or over

6.39 ± 2.18 (6.08–6.70)

 

Gender:

 

0.714**

 -Male

6.10 ± 2.31 (5.76–6.46)

 

 -Female

5.95 ± 2.50 (5.67–6.22)

 

Professional category:

 

< 0.001*

 -Family physician

6.34 ± 2.03 (6.04–6.65)

 

 -Nurse

6.51 ± 2.39 (6.02–6.99)

 

 - Internal medicine residents

5.47 ± 2.68 (5.10–5.83)

 

Amount of time worked:

 

< 0.001*

 -Less than 4 years

5.40 ± 2.66 (5.03–5.76)

 

 -From 5 to 10 years

6.22 ± 2.08 (5.63–6.82)

 

 -From 11 to 20 years

6.72 ± 2.13 (6.22–7.22)

 

 -More than 20 years

6.40 ± 2.20 (6.04–6.76)

 

Aware of mindfulness:

 

0.727**

 -Yes

6.02 ± 2.67 (5.75–6.30)

 

 -No

5.96 ± 2.64 (5.61–6.32)

 

Has received training on mindfulness:

 

0.251**

 -Yes

5.85 ± 2.37 (5.41–6.29)

 

 -No

6.04 ± 2.47 (5.79–6.30)

 

Practices mindfulness:

 

0.040*

 -Every day

4.58 ± 2.34 (3.45–5.71)

 

 -From 2 to 3 times/week

6.70 ± 1.84 (5.84–7.56)

 

 -Occasionally

5.96 ± 2.39 (5.38–6.53)

 

 -Never

6.04 ± 2.47 (5.79–6.29)

 
  1. SD Standard deviation, 95% CI 95% confidence interval
  2. * Kruskal-Wallis Test; ** Mann-Whitney U