Analyzing the influence of COVID-19 epidemic on the employment intention of resident physicians in China
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Published:2022-06-30
Issue:06
Volume:16
Page:1009-1015
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ISSN:1972-2680
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Container-title:The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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language:
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Short-container-title:J Infect Dev Ctries
Author:
Long Xuan,Zhang Jie,Chen Jia,Shi Lishuai,Li Xuan,Yi Wanwan,Chen Zichen,Kosasih Sinthu,Yu Zhen,Mei Aihong,Wang Changhui
Abstract
Introduction: To investigate the effects and influencing factors of the COVID-19 epidemic on the employment intention of resident physicians in China.
Methodology: 409 questionnaires were statistically analyzed after removing the missing values. We used the Chi-Square test for single-factor analysis and logistic regression analysis for multivariate analysis. The questions include the residents' employment intention and their willingness to engage in epidemic-related subspecialties and participate in epidemic-related work.
Results: Residents of severe and high-risk epidemic regions had much lower employment intentions than those of stable epidemic regions (OR = 1.917, 95% CI: 1.024, 3.591, p = 0.042). The higher the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) score, the more susceptible was the resident's employement intention (OR = 1.085, 95% CI: 1.044, 1.128, p < 0.001). Residents from severe and high-risk epidemic regions were more willing to participate in clinical work (OR = 4.263, 95% CI: 1.892, 9.604, p < 0.001), and the higher the CES-D score, the lower was the proportion of residents willing to choose clinical work (OR = 0.941, 95% CI: 0.893, 0.992, p = 0.023). Residents from severe epidemics and high-risk provinces were less willing to participate in respiratory medicine (χ2 = 5.070, p = 0.027) and critical care medicine (χ2 = 7.046, p = 0.011). Compared to residents with bachelor’s degrees, residents with master’s and doctoral degrees were less willing to participate in isolation wards (OR = 1.831, 95% CI: 1.122, 2.990, p = 0.016). Residents in epidemic-related current rotation departments were less willing to go to Wuhan as volunteers (OR = 2.197, 95% CI: 1.110, 4.347, p = 0.024).
Conclusions: The COVID-19 outbreak had a negative impact on the job intentions of Chinese residents in general.
Funder
Tongji Hospital
Shanghai Municipal Health Commission
Publisher
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Subject
Virology,Infectious Diseases,General Medicine,Microbiology,Parasitology