Table 4 DIF detection and magnitude results by item and demographic variable – Personal Accomplishment subscale
Item-Level sDRF Estimate (95% CI) [absolute item-level sDRF estimate expressed in item SD units] a | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic Variable (Reference group) | Focal group | PA1 (easily understand patients) | PA2 (deal effectively with patient problems) | PA3 (positively influencing others) | PA4 (feel energetic) | PA5 (can create relaxed atmosphere) | PA6 (exhilarated) | PA7 (accomplished many things) | PA8 (deal with problems calmly) |
Gender (Male) | Female | −0.21 (− 0.26, − 0.16) [0.20] § | -- | -- | 0.13 (0.06, 0.20) [0.09] § | -- | − 0.10 (− 0.17, − 0.02) [0.06] † | -- | -- |
Age Category (≥ 65 years) | < 35 years | − 0.14 (− 0.24, − 0.02) [0.13] § | − 0.11 (− 0.18, − 0.03) [0.11] § | 0.05 (− 0.05, 0.16) [0.04] ¥ | 0.16 (0.02, 0.31) [0.11] § | -- | -- | 0.25 (0.14, 0.38) [0.19] † | -- |
35–44 years | − 0.21 (− 0.30, − 0.12) [0.20] § | −0.20 (− 0.29, − 0.13) [0.19] § | -- | 0.20 (0.08, 0.31) [0.13] § | -- | 0.05 (− 0.07, 0.16) [0.03] ¥ | 0.23 (0.14, 0.32) [0.17] § | -- | |
45–54 years | −0.27 (− 0.35, − 0.18) [0.24] § | −0.26 (− 0.34, − 0.18) [0.25] § | -- | 0.15 (0.03, 0.26) [0.10] § | −0.12 (− 0.21, − 0.02) [0.09] § | -- | -- | -- | |
55–64 years | −0.22 (− 0.31, − 0.13) [0.20] § | −0.17 (− 0.25, − 0.10) [0.17] † | -- | 0.29 (0.20, 0.39) [0.19] § | -- | 0.19 (0.09, 0.28) [0.12] § | -- | -- | |
Specialty (General Internal Medicine) | Anesthesiology | ||||||||
Emergency medicine | -- | -- | -- | − 0.30 (− 0.46, − 0.14) [0.20] § | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Family medicine | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
General pediatrics | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
General surgery | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
General surgery subspecialty | 0.23 (0.10, 0.36) [0.21] † | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.30 (0.14, 0.46) [0.26] § | |
Internal medicine subspecialty | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Neurology | -- | -- | − 0.19 (− 0.33, − 0.05) [0.19] † | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Obstetrics and gynecology | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Ophthalmology | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | − 0.33 (− 0.47, − 0.17) [0.25] § | 0.25 (0.09, 0.41) [0.21] § | |
Orthopedic surgery | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Pediatric subspecialty | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Physical medicine and rehabilitation/preventive medicine/occupational medicine | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Psychiatry | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | − 0.24 (− 0.33, − 0.14) [0.21] § | |
Radiology | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |