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Table 5 Summary of statistically significant subscale-level signed differential response functioning (sDRF) estimates - by demographic variable and MBI-HSS subscale

From: Examining the measurement equivalence of the Maslach Burnout Inventory across age, gender, and specialty groups in US physicians

Grouping Variable (Reference Group)

Focal group

Subscale-level sDRF estimate (95% CI) [absolute subscale-level sDRF estimate expressed in subscale SD units] a

Emotional Exhaustion (EE) subscale

Depersonalization (DP) subscale

Personal Accomplishment (PA) subscale

Sex (Male)

Female

0.34 (0.19, 0.49) [0.03]

--

--

Age Category (≥ 65 years)

< 35 years

--

--

--

35–44 years

--

--

--

45–54 years

--

--

− 0.49 (− 0.70, − 0.29) [0.07]

55–64 years

− 0.18 (− 0.27, − 0.08) [0.01]

--

--

Specialty (General Internal Medicine)

Anesthesiology

 --

--

− 0.60 (− 1.10, − 0.05) [0.09]

Emergency medicine

− 0.42 (− 0.69, − 0.16) [0.03]

--

− 0.30 (− 0.44, − 0.14) [0.04]

Family medicine

--

0.40 (0.22, 0.58) [0.06]

--

General pediatrics

0.63 (0.26, 1.03) [0.05]

−0.35 (− 0.66, − 0.03) [0.05]

--

General surgery

--

--

--

General surgery subspecialty

--

--

0.53 (0.34, 0.74) [0.08]

Internal medicine subspecialty

--

--

--

Neurology

− 0.46 (− 0.91, 0.01) [0.03]

0.41 (0.18, 0.61) [0.06]

−0.55 (− 1.05, − 0.11) [0.08]

Obstetrics and gynecology

--

− 0.38 (− 0.72, 0.06) [0.06]

--

Ophthalmology

--

--

--

Orthopedic surgery

--

--

--

Pediatric subspecialty

0.21 (0.05, 0.37) [0.02]

--

--

Physical medicine and rehabilitation/ preventive medicine/ occupational medicine

--

--

--

Psychiatry

--

--

− 0.24 (− 0.33, − 0.14) [0.04]

Radiology

--

--

--

  1. a “--” indicates no significant subscale-level sDRF detected