Work fatigue among Lebanese physicians and students during the COVID-19 pandemic: validation of the 3D-Work Fatigue Inventory (3D-WFI) and correlates

Sfeir, Elsa; Rabil, Jean-Marc; Obeid, Sahar; Hallit, Souheil; Khalife, Marie-Claude Fadous

doi:10.1186/s12889-022-12733-9

Table 2 Bivariate analysis of categorical variables associated with physical, mental, and emotional work fatigue scores

From: Work fatigue among Lebanese physicians and students during the COVID-19 pandemic: validation of the 3D-Work Fatigue Inventory (3D-WFI) and correlates

Variable	Physical work fatigue	p	Effect size	Mental work fatigue	p	Effect size	Emotional work fatigue	p	Effect size
Gender		0.883	0.014		0.958	0.005		0.601	0.052
Male	20.17 ± 5.95			19.39 ± 6.00			19.28 ± 6.74
Female	20.08 ± 6.07			19.36 ± 5.76			18.93 ± 6.67
Marital status		< 0.001	0.463		< 0.001	0.454		0.09	0.182
Single/ widowed /divorced	21.01 ± 5.84			20.22 ± 5.77			19.53 ± 6.68
Married	18.29 ± 5.90			17.60 ± 5.77			18.31 ± 6.70
Living situation		0.175	0.093		0.383	0.069		0.833	0.030
With the family	20.25 ± 5.79			19.41 ± 5.85			19.22 ± 6.71
With a flat mate	21.41 ± 6.07			20.56 ± 5.75			19.26 ± 6.10
Alone	19.02 ± 6.86			18.69 ± 6.18			18.66 ± 6.99
Medical rank		< 0.001	0.336		< 0.001	0.346		< 0.001	0.225
Attending physician	18.21 ± 6.15			17.60 ± 6.04			19.27 ± 6.84
Resident	20.01 ± 5.62			19.01 ± 5.37			17.52 ± 6.31
Intern	23.10 ± 5.08			22.49 ± 5.19			21.28 ± 6.49
Specialty		0.665	0.045		0.145	0.098		0.448	0.063
Medical	19.96 ± 6.12			19.15 ± 5.90			18.55 ± 7.02
Surgical	19.77 ± 5.97			18.52 ± 6.07			18.90 ± 6.71
Other	20.39 ± 5.96			19.91 ± 5.77			19.54 ± 6.54
Monthly income (in LBP)		< 0.001	0.252		< 0.001	0.244		0.545	0.055
< 3 million	21.52 ± 5.53			20.69 ± 5.56			19.30 ± 6.65
Between 3 and 10 million	18.65 ± 6.05			18.23 ± 6.02			18.38 ± 6.62
> 10 million	18.53 ± 6.20			17.68 ± 5.86			19.35 ± 6.89
Pressure from economic instability		0.196	0.133		0.577	0.057		0.483	0.073
No	20.43 ± 5.91			19.51 ± 5.79			19.32 ± 6.36
Yes	19.63 ± 6.11			19.17 ± 6.07			18.82 ± 7.26
Pressure from political instability		0.699	0.072		0.793	0.055		0.078	0.361
No	20.17 ± 5.92			19.36 ± 5.94			18.98 ± 6.71
Yes	19.70 ± 7.05			19.67 ± 5.23			21.33 ± 6.29
Pressure from the COVID pandemic		0.075	0.184		0.010	0.266		0.063	0.189
No	20.56 ± 6.15			19.99 ± 5.98			19.63 ± 6.97
Yes	19.47 ± 5.70			18.44 ± 5.64			18.38 ± 6.22
Pressure from long working hours		< 0.001	0.888		< 0.001	1.006		0.01	0.442
No	19.73 ± 6.02			18.93 ± 5.87			18.88 ± 6.74
Yes	24.22 ± 3.86			23.92 ± 3.83			21.67 ± 5.86
Pressure from increased administrative tasks		0.220	0.252		0.430	0.163		0.430	0.167
No	20.04 ± 5.98			19.32 ± 5.90			19.07 ± 6.73
Yes	21.56 ± 6.08			20.28 ± 5.89			20.16 ± 6.33

Numbers in bold indicate significant p-values

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