Table 2 DIF detection and magnitude results by item and demographic variable – Emotional Exhaustion subscale
Item-Level sDRF Estimate (95% CI) [absolute item-level sDRF estimate expressed in item SD units]a | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic Variable (Reference group) | Focal group | EE1 (emotionally drained) | EE2 (used up) | EE3 (fatigued) | EE5 (burned out) | EE6 (frustrated) | EE7 (working too hard) | EE4-EE8 (people a strain and/or too much stress) | EE9 (end of rope) |
Gender (Male) | Female | −0.01 (− 0.06, 0.04) [< 0.01]¥ | − 0.01 (− 0.04, 0.07) [< 0.01]¥ | -- | -- | 0.13 (0.07, 0.19) [0.07]§ | 0.20 (0.13, 0.27) [0.10]§ | -- | -- |
Age Category (≥ 65 years) | < 35 years | 0.04 (− 0.09, 0.16) [0.02]¥ | -- | − 0.31 (− 0.44, − 0.18) [0.16]§ | -- | 0.31 (0.18, 0.45) [0.17]§ | 0.18 (0.03, 0.34) [0.09]§ | -- | -- |
35–44 years | < 0.01 (− 0.08, 0.08) [< 0.01]¥ | -- | − 0.33 (− 0.42, − 0.23) [0.17]§ | -- | 0.13 (0.03, 0.23) [0.07]§ | 0.03 (−0.08, 0.14) [0.02]¥ | -- | -- | |
45–54 years | -- | -- | −0.13 (− 0.22, − 0.04) [0.07]§ | -- | 0.11 (0.01, 0.20) [0.06]§ | −0.16 (− 0.27, − 0.06) [0.08]§ | -- | 0.16 (0.06, 0.26) [0.09]§ | |
55–64 years | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | − 0.18 (− 0.28, 0.08) [0.09]§ | -- | -- | |
Specialty (General Internal Medicine) | Anesthesiology | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.10 (− 0.10, 0.29) [0.05]¥ | -- | -- |
Emergency medicine | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.01 (− 0.16, 0.18) [< 0.01]¥ | − 0.43 (− 0.60, − 0.24) [0.13]§ | -- | |
Family medicine | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
General pediatrics | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.33 (0.16, 0.50) [0.18]† | 0.26 (0.09, 0.45) [0.13]† | -- | -- | |
General surgery | -- | 0.15 (0.01, 0.30) [0.08]† | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | −0.25 (− 0.43, − 0.05) [0.13]† | |
General surgery subspecialty | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Internal medicine subspecialty | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Neurology | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Obstetrics and gynecology | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Ophthalmology | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Orthopedic surgery | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Pediatric subspecialty | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.21 (0.05, 0.38) [0.11]§ | -- | -- | -- | |
Physical medicine and rehabilitation/preventive medicine/occupational medicine | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.15 (− 0.01, 0.30) [0.08]¥ | -- | -- | -- | |
Psychiatry | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.12 (− 0.03, 0.27) [0.06]¥ | -- | -- | -- | |
Radiology | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.08 (− 0.12, 0.30) [0.04]¥ | -- | -- | |