ProQOL V subscale scores by speciality (mean, SD)*
| Specialty | BO mean (SD) | STS mean (SD) | CS mean (SD) |
| Medicine | 27.9 (5.7) | 24.1 (6.4) | 35.8 (6.1) |
| Surgery | 27.6 (5.8) | 23.0 (5.3) | 37.1 (6.3) |
| General practice | 28.6 (6.2) | 23.2 (6.0) | 33.6 (6.7) |
| Paediatrics | 27.7 (5.9) | 23.9 (5.6) | 35.8 (6.3) |
| O&G | 27.6 (5.0) | 24.3 (5.1) | 38.5 (5.1) |
| Radiology | 27.1 (6.5) | 24.0 (7.6) | 36.1 (6.8) |
| Emergency medicine | 30.5 (5.8) | 25.6 (4.6) | 34.1 (7.4) |
| Anaesthetics | 27.8 (5.4) | 23.3 (5.8) | 35.5 (5.2) |
| Intensive care medicine | 25.1 (5.2) | 23.4 (5.2) | 37.3 (6.8) |
| Psychiatry | 27.8 (6.1) | 24.2 (6.2) | 34.9 (6.1) |
| Pathology | 27.7 (6.4) | 23.2 (5.9) | 37.0 (7.0) |
| Palliative care | 26.2 (5.4) | 23.1 (4.4) | 38.1 (5.9) |
| Oncology† | 29.0 (2.7) | 29.7 (3.8) | 35.7 (5.0) |
| Other specialty not listed | 27.5 (6.0) | 24.0 (5.9) | 37.0 (6.6) |
*Each subscale is scored out of 50. Population mean scores: BO 20, STS 11, CS 37.
†Omitted from analysis because there were only three respondents in this cell.
BO, burnout; CS, compassion satisfaction; O&G, obstetrics and gynaecology; ProQOL V, Professional Quality of Life Scale; STS, secondary traumatic stress.