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. 2022 Sep 1;24(9):1609-1611.
doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noac114.

Gender disparity regarding work-life balance satisfaction among German neuro-oncologists: a YoungNOA survey

Sied Kebir  1 , Lazaros Lazaridis  1 , Wolfgang Wick  2 , Michael Platten  3 , Ghazaleh Tabatabai  4 , Stephanie E Combs  5   6   7 , Teresa Schmidt  1 , Sarina Agkatsev  1 , Tobias Blau  8 , Irina Mäurer  9 , Ulf Kahlert  10 , Andre Sagerer  11 , Anne Berberich  2 , Sina Heider  12 , Michael Müther  13 , Raphael Bodensohn  14 , Felix Behling  15
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Gender disparity regarding work-life balance satisfaction among German neuro-oncologists: a YoungNOA survey

Sied Kebir et al. Neuro Oncol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: NOA; YoungNOA; neuro-oncology; survey; work-life balance.

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Basal characteristics of the survey participants and influence of various factors on work-life balance satisfaction. Thirty-six women (37.5%) and 60 men (62.5%) participated in our survey (a). Most were neurosurgeons (42.7%) or neurologists (39.6%, b) and worked at an university hospital (80.0%, c) as attending physicians (38.5%, d). Fifty-five participants (57.0%) stated to be neutral or either agreed or strongly agreed regarding the statement “I am satisfied with my current work-life balance”, whereas 43.0% (n = 41) disagreed or strongly disagreed with this statement. Age, gender and relationship status were significantly different for satisfied participants and those not satisfied with their WLB (highlighted by blue font and an asterisk in e). Other factors with influence on WLB satisfaction included the salary (P < 0.001, Fisher’s exact test), the percentage of working hours dedicated to administrative work (P = 0.003, Fisher’s exact test), the opportunity to attend neuro-oncological meetings (P = 0.012, Fisher’s exact test) and whether residency time was delayed because of neuro-oncological subspecialty commitment (P = 0.022, Fisher’s exact test) (e). Regardless of WLB satisfaction, female participants were less likely to have children and to be in a married relationship as opposed to male participants (f–i). In a logistic regression model, the finding that female participants were less likely to be satisfied with their WLB than the male counterpart remained statistically significant (odds ratio [OR] 0.32; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.21–0.84, P = 0.023; j) after accounting for possible confounding variables.
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