Table 2 Means and standard deviations for overall data and grouped by professional category and ANOVA comparison among groups.

From: The role of loneliness, work meaning and organizational support in compassion satisfaction among primary care professionals during the pandemic

Variable (scale)

Total (n = 242)

Nursing (n = 103)

Physician (n = 63)

Other Primary care staff (n = 76)

F(2,239)

p

Professional experience (in years)

16.20 (10.49)

17.25 (9.77)

16.87 (9.36)

14.22 (12.07)

2.01

0.14

Positive meaning of work (1–7)

5.66 (1.32)

5.73 (1.35)

5.63 (1.39)

5.59 (1.23)

0.26

0.77

POS (1–7)

4.57 (1.44)

4.56 (1.49)

4.41 (1.38)

4.71 (1.43)

0.71

0.49

CS (0–5)

3.86 (0.80)

3.92 (0.81)

3.71 (0.77)

3.91 (0.82)

2.59

0.08

Emotional loneliness (1–3)

1.48 (0.58)

1.49 (0.63)

1.46 (0.61)

1.48 (0.49)

0.06

0.94

Social loneliness (1–3)

1.69 (0.62)

1.72 (0.70)

1.60 (0.60)

1.71 (0.52)

0.83

0.44