Table 1.
Characteristics of intern physicians screening positive for depression (PHQ-9 ≥ 10) by disability-status.
| Characteristic | Residents with disabilities, unweighted (N = 121) |
Residents without disabilities, unweighted (N = 819) |
Residents with disabilities, weighted (N = 127) |
Residents without disabilities, weighted (N = 813) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 79 (65.3%) | 524 (64.0%) | 80 (62.8%) | 481 (59.1%) |
| Male | 40 (33.1%) | 285 (34.8%) | 47 (37.2%) | 330 (40.6%) |
| Missing | 2 (1.6%) | 10 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.2%) |
| Specialty-type* | ||||
| Surgical | 17 (14.0%) | 164 (20.0%) | 14 (11.3%) | 164 (20.2%) |
| Nonsurgical | 104 (86.0%) | 655 (80.0%) | 113 (88.7%) | 649 (79.8%) |
| Disability type | ||||
| Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder | 82 (67.8%) | NA | 87 (68.5%) | NA |
| Chronic health disability | 21 (17.4%) | NA | 22 (17.3%) | NA |
| Deaf or hard of hearing | 4 (3.3%) | NA | 3 (1.6%) | NA |
| Learning disability | 6 (5.0%) | NA | 5 (3.9%) | NA |
| Mobility disability | 2 (1.7%) | NA | 2 (1.6%) | NA |
| Psychological disability | 14 (11.6%) | NA | 17 (13.4%) | NA |
| Visual disability | 2 (1.7%) | NA | 2 (1.6%) | NA |
| Other | 5 (4.1%) | NA | 5 (3.9%) | NA |
| Prefer not to disclose | 1 (0.8%) | NA | 1 (1.6%) | NA |
Surgical specialties were assigned based on the American College of Surgeons classification and, in this sample of residents screening positive for depression, included Neurological Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecologist, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Surgery-General, and Urology. Nonsurgical specialties in this sample included Anaesthesiology, Child Neurology, Emergency Medicine, Family medicine, Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine/Paediatrics, Internal Medicine/Psychiatry, Interventional Radiology-Integrated, Neurology, Pathology-Anatomical and Clinical, Paediatrics, Paediatrics/Medical Genetics, Paediatrics/Psychiatry/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry, Psychiatry/Family Medicine, Radiology-Diagnostic, Transitional Year.