Table 3:

Comparison of responses to the Well-Being Index between Peter Munk Cardiac Centre allied health care staff and nonphysician employees in the United States26

ItemNo. (%) of respondents*p value
PMCC allied health care staff
n = 45
US nonphysician employees
n = 9096
Gender0.07§
 Male3 (7)1903 (20.9)
 Female41 (91)7163 (78.7)
 Gender diverse0 (0)16 (0.2)
 Missing1 (2)14 (0.2)
Have you felt burned out from your work?0.008§
 Yes33 (73)4871 (53.6)
 No12 (27)4225 (46.4)
Have you worried that work is hardening you emotionally?0.007§
 Yes24 (53)3118 (34.3)
 No21 (47)5978 (65.7)
Have you often felt bothered by feeling down, depressed or hopeless?0.99§
 Yes17 (38)3435 (37.8)
 No28 (62)5661 (62.2)
Have you fallen asleep while sitting inactive in a public place?< 0.001§
 Yes16 (36)1143 (12.6)
 No29 (64)7953 (87.4)
Have you felt that all things you had to do were piling up so high that you could not overcome them?0.8§
 Yes19 (42)3625 (39.8)
 No26 (58)5471 (60.1)
Have you been bothered by emotional problems?0.2§
 Yes31 (69)5364 (59.0)
 No14 (31)3732 (41.0)
Has your physical health interfered with your ability to do your daily work at home and/or away from home?0.02§
 Yes16 (36)1917 (21.1)
 No29 (64)7179 (78.9)
The work I do is meaningful to me0.2
 Mean rating ± SD5.8 ± 1.115.5 ± 1.44
 Median rating (range)6 (2 to 7)6 (1 to 7)
The work I do is meaningful to me, rating0.09§
 1–21 (2)463 (5.1)
 3–510 (22)3199 (35.2)
 6–734 (76)5434 (59.7)
My work schedule leaves me enough time for my personal/family life0.2
 Mean rating ± SD3.2 ± 1.253.5 ± 1.18
 Median rating (range)3 (1 to 5)4 (1 to 5)
My work schedule leaves me enough time for my personal/family life, rating0.5§
 1–214 (31)2183 (24.0)
 310 (22)2088 (23.0)
 4–521 (47)4825 (53.0)
WBI score0.05
 Mean ± SD2.6 ± 2.781.7 ± 2.62
 Median (range)2 (−2 to 8)2 (−2 to 9)
High WBI score (≥ 2)0.5§
 Yes25 (56)4637 (51.0)
 No20 (44)4459 (49.0)
  • Note: PMCC = Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, SD = standard deviation, WBI = Well-Being Index.

  • * Except where noted otherwise.

  • Rated on a 7-point Likert scale where 1 = very strongly disagree and 7 = very strongly agree.

  • Rated on a 5-point Likert scale where 1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree.

  • § χ2 test.

  • Kruskal–Wallis test.