Table 5

General practice residents’ attitudes about finances and personal life according to training site and gender of the respondents in the innovative general practice training programme of Peking University First Hospital and the standard general practice training programme of Peking University Shenzhen Hospital

Overall
(n=105)		Peking University First Hospital – an innovative GP training programme (n=35)Peking University Shenzhen Hospital – a standard GP training programme (n=70)P value
Mean (SD)Mean (SD)Mean (SD)
How often have you felt…
Finances
Overworked2.75 (0.896)2.91 (0.951)2.67 (0.863)0.192
Underpaid2.33 (1.080)2.54 (1.197)2.23 (1.024)0.161
Moonlighting was essential2.74 (1.217）2.97 (1.317)2.61 (1.171)0.126
Your wages were insufficient for daily living2.70 (1.247)2.63 (1.239)2.73 (1.273)0.784
Financial obligations were overwhelming2.59 (1.199)2.57 (1.092)2.59 (1.268)0.954
Personal life
Self-confidence in your personal life2.55 (0.679)2.43 (0.778)2.63 (0.641)0.104
Residency training strained your life2.92 (0.927)2.84 (1.004)2.91 (0.913)0.883
Residency training strained your social development3.28 (1.087)3.31 (1.132)3.21 (1.102)0.412
Your physical health was compromised3.22 (1.074)3.31 (1.207)3.19 (1.026)0.655
Your mental health was compromised3.32 (1.087)3.46 (1.039)3.29 (1.131)0.614
Sleep deprived3.02 (1.019)3.03 (1.014)3.00 (1.022)0.788
Your significant other resented your work4.05 (1.073)4.23 (0.808)3.97 (1.179)0.193
Couldn’t have children because of residency training3.50 (1.395)3.74 (1.221)3.40 (1.469)0.278
Residency training hindered your marriage3.82 (1.246)4.09 (1.095)3.67 (1.305)0.086
Inadequate time to raise children3.56 (1.414)3.69 (1.409)3.51 (1.412)0.63

  • Table values (except for p values) represent a mean on 5-point scale.

  • Scale: 1=all the time, 2=frequently, 3=sometimes, 4=infrequently, 5=never.

  • GP, general practice.