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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of anesthesiologists with normal level or high level self-efficacy

From: The role of anesthesiologists’ perceived self-efficacy in anesthesia-related adverse events

 

Unweighted (N = 1011)

Propensity score weightedb (N = 1066)

Characteristic

Normal level (n = 539)

High level (n = 472)

Std Diff (%)c

Normal level (n = 533)

High level (n = 533)

Std Diff (%)c

Age, ya

  

26.3

  

4.4

  Mean (SD)

34.6 (7.7)

36.6 (7.8)

 

34.7 (7.8)

35.0 (7.7)

 

  Median (IQR)

33 (28, 39)

36 (30, 41)

 

33(28, 39)

33(28, 40)

 

Years of experience, y

  

20.7

  

4.4

  Mean (SD)

9.8 (8.6)

11.6 (8.5)

 

9.9 (8.6)

10.2 (8.5)

 

  Median (IQR)

7 (3, 15)

10 (5, 16)

 

7 (3, 15)

8 (3, 15)

 

Gender, NO. (%)

  

-19.2

  

-2.3

  Male

311 (57.7)

316 (67.0)

 

310 (58.2)

316 (59.3)

 

  Female

228 (42.3)

156 (33.0)

 

223 (41.8)

217 (40.7)

 

Race, NO. (%)

  

-7.5

  

-3.9

  Han

514 (95.4)

457 (96.8)

 

510 (95.7)

514 (96.4)

 

  Non-Han

25 (4.6)

15 (3.2)

 

23 (4.3)

19 (3.6)

 

BMI, Kg/m2

  

16.4

  

5.4

  Mean (SD)

22.7(2.9)

23.2 (3.0)

 

22.7 (2.9)

22.9 (3.2)

 

  Median (IQR)

22.6 (20.7, 24.5)

23 (21, 25)

 

22.7 (20.8, 24.7)

22.9 (21.0, 24.8)

 

Medical title, NO. (%)

  

26.2

  

8.9

  Resident anesthesiologist

259 (48.1)

157 (33.3)

 

254 (47.6)

227 (42.6)

 

  Attending anesthesiologist

180 (33.4)

204 (43.2)

 

179 (33.6)

197 (37.0)

 

  Deputy/chief anesthesiologist

100 (18.5)

111 (23.5)

 

100 (18.8)

109 (20.4)

 

Hospital ranking where working, NO. (%)

  

17.2

  

1.4

  III-A

362 (67.2)

281 (59.5)

 

357 (67.0)

356 (66.8)

 

  III-B

52 (9.6)

58 (12.3)

 

52 (9.8)

51 (9.5)

 

  II-A

92 (17.1)

86 (18.2)

 

92 (17.2)

89 (16.7)

 

  II-B

21 (3.9)

24 (5.1)

 

21 (3.9)

26 (4.9)

 

  I

12 (2.2)

23 (4.9)

 

11 (2.1)

11 (2.1)

 

Smoking, NO. (%)

  

-8.7

  

-4.3

  Yes

100 (18.6)

104 (22.0)

 

99 (18.6)

108 (20.3)

 

  No

439 (81.4)

368 (78.0)

 

434 (81.4)

425 (79.7)

 

Drinking, NO. (%)

  

-8.1

  

7.3

  Yes

226 (41.9)

217 (46.0)

 

224 (42.0)

205 (38.5)

 

  No

313 (58.1)

255 (54.0)

 

309 (58.0)

328 (61.5)

 

Educational background, NO. (%)

  

-13.0

  

0.3

  College degree

17 (3.1)

24 (5.1)

 

17 (3.2)

20 (3.8)

 

  Bachelor degree

304 (56.4)

286 (60.6)

 

302 (56.7)

302 (56.6)

 

  Master degree

197 (36.6)

144 (30.5)

 

196 (36.8)

186 (34.9)

 

  Doctor degree

21 (3.9)

18 (3.8)

 

18 (3.3)

25 (4.7)

 

Overseas study experience, NO. (%)

  

-10.2

  

-0.9

  Yes

22 (4.1)

30 (6.4)

 

22 (4.1)

23 (4.3)

 

  No

517 (95.9)

442 (93.6)

 

511 (95.9)

510 (95.7)

 

Marriage, NO. (%)

  

-30.0

  

0.0

  Yes

367 (68.1)

382 (80.9)

 

366 (68.7)

363 (68.1)

 

  No

66 (12.2)

40 (8.5)

 

66 (12.4)

72 (13.5)

 

  Lover

106 (19.7)

50 (10.6)

 

101 (18.9)

98 (18.4)

 

Having children, NO. (%)

  

26.5

  

-0.4

  Yes

316 (58.6)

336 (71.2)

 

315 (59.1)

314 (58.91)

 

  No

223 (41.4)

136 (28.8)

 

218 (40.9)

219 (41.1)

 

Publishing scientific papers in English, NO. (%)

  

11.2

  

-5.7

  Yes

74 (12.7)

84 (17.8)

 

72 (13.5)

62 (11.6)

 

  No

465 (86.3)

338 (82.2)

 

461 (86.5)

471 (88.4)

 

Personal annual income/CNY, NO. (%)

  

21.5

  

6.0

< 10,000

71 (13.1)

38 (8.0)

 

69 (12.9)

60 (11.3)

 

10,000–50,000

59 (11.0)

37 (7.8)

 

57 (10.7)

48 (9.0)

 

50,000–100,000

184 (34.1)

154 (32.6)

 

182 (34.2)

213 (40.0)

 

100,000–200,000

165 (30.6)

181 (38.4)

 

165 (31.0)

136 (25.5)

 

200,000–300,000

45 (8.4)

48 (10.2)

 

45 (8.4)

52 (9.7)

 

> 300,000

15 (2.8)

14 (3.0)

 

15 (2.8)

24 (4.5)

 

Patients severity reported by participants (ASA grading)

  

-1.0

  

7.1

  Participants reporting ARAEs

178

118

 

177

111

 

  Patients severity: ASA-I

12 (6.7)

10 (8.5)

 

12 (6.8)

13 (11.7)

 

  Patients severity: ASA-II

53 (29.8)

37 (31.3)

 

53 (30.0)

23 (20.7)

 

  Patients severity: ASA-III

113 (63.5)

71 (60.2)

 

112 (63.2)

75 (67.6)

 
  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, SD Standard deviation, Std Diff Standardized difference, IQR Interquartile range
  2. aAll variables are depicted as No. (%) except age, BMI and years of experience, which presented as mean (SD)/median (IQR)
  3. bA pseudo-sample was obtained after weighting based on propensity score match
  4. cStd Diff of less than 10% are considered to indicate good balance between groups