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Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample

From: Finnish physicians’ stress related to information systems keeps increasing: a longitudinal three-wave survey study

 

2006

2010

2015

Whole perioda

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Specialization status

 Not specialized

149

13.8

114

10.4

108

9.9

  

 Specialization on-going

209

19.4

117

10.7

43

3.9

  

 Specialists

721

66.8

862

78.9

934

85.6

  

Sector

 Primary care

240

22.1

244

22.5

217

19.8

162

15.1

 Hospital

482

44.5

479

44.2

443

40.5

343

32.0

 Private

134

12.4

188

17.3

238

21.8

102

9.5

 Other

228

21.0

173

16.0

196

17.9

  

Leadership position

 Yes

305

28.5

345

31.6

343

32.0

166

15.2

 No

767

71.5

746

68.4

728

68.0

559

51.1

On-call duties

 Yes

586

53.7

471

43.1

389

35.7

318

29.0

 No

505

46.3

622

56.9

700

64.3

431

39.4

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

  

SRIS

2.93

1.2

3.31

1.1

3.48

1.1

  

Time pressure

3.36

1.0

3.18

1.0

3.06

1.1

  
  1. SRIS stress related to information systems
  2. aAggregated frequencies showing those who were in the category in every measurement phase