Factors and return to a primary task within 5 min
| Variables | OR* | 95% CI | P value |
| Increasing PGY status | |||
| PGY-1 | 1 (reference) | ||
| PGY-2 | 1.02 | 0.62 to 1.69 | 0.92 |
| PGY-3 | 1.13 | 0.76 to 1.68 | 0.54 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 1 (reference) | ||
| Female | 1.04 | 0.71 to 1.51 | 0.85 |
| Average Sleep | 1.07 | 0.84 to 1.37 | 0.57 |
| MTAT Score | 1.00 | 0.99 to 1.00 | 0.19 |
| Interruption type | |||
| Verbal by medical team, patient related | 1 (reference) | ||
| Pager/phone, patient related | 0.67 | 0.38 to 1.17 | 0.16 |
| Personal/social related | 0.29 | 0.12 to 0.71 | 0.007 |
| Other clerical related | 0.44 | 0.11 to 1.80 | 0.26 |
| Patient/family in-person | 0.51 | 0.088 to 2.99 | 0.46 |
| Department | |||
| Ward | 1 (reference) | ||
| ED | 1.08 | 0.62 to 1.89 | 0.77 |
*Used a repeated model with multiple observations per participant.
ED, emergency department; MTAT, Multi-Tasking Ability Test; PGY, postgraduate year.