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. 2015 Mar 24;15:58. doi: 10.1186/s12888-015-0440-y

Table 3.

Bivariate analysis and multivariate analysis of factors associated with probable depression

Local municipality workers Hospital medical workers Firefighters
Bivariate analysis β SE OR P β SE OR P β SE OR P
Age 0.00 0.01 1.00 0.88 0.03 0.02 1.04 <0.05 0.01 0.02 1.01 0.68
Female sex −0.27 0.24 0.77 0.27 0.56 0.49 1.75 0.26
Workplace factors
Supervisory work status 0.17 0.32 1.18 0.61 −0.4 0.63 0.67 0.53 −0.02 1.06 0.98 0.99
Mainly disaster-related work 0.87 0.24 2.38 <0.001 −1.18 1.04 0.31 0.26 −0.33 0.68 0.72 0.63
Lack of communication 1.31 0.25 3.71 <0.001 1.17 0.32 3.22 <0.001 0.95 0.81 2.59 0.24
Lack of rest 1.32 0.26 3.73 <0.001 1.22 0.32 3.39 <0.001 1.83 0.60 6.25 <0.01
Dead or missing colleague(s) −0.29 0.32 0.75 0.37 −0.41 0.50 0.66 0.41 0.28 0.79 1.32 0.73
Personal factors
Displacement 0.58 0.26 1.78 <0.05 0.24 0.32 1.27 0.46 1.01 0.60 2.76 0.09
Dead or missing family member(s) 0.96 0.38 2.62 <0.05 −0.35 0.55 0.70 0.52 0.54 0.80 1.72 0.50
Near-death experience 0.00 0.23 1.00 0.99 0.77 0.35 2.16 <0.05 0.22 0.60 1.25 0.71
Multivariate analysis β SE OR P β SE OR P β SE OR P
Age 0.03 0.02 1.03 0.05
Female sex
Workplace factors
Supervisory work status
Mainly disaster-related work 0.66 0.25 1.94 <0.05
Lack of communication 1.11 0.26 3.02 <0.001 1.14 0.34 3.11 <0.001
Lack of rest 0.99 0.27 2.70 <0.001 1.07 0.33 2.93 <0.001
Dead or missing colleague(s)
Personal factors
Displacement 0.32 0.28 1.38 0.25
Dead or missing family member(s) 0.76 0.44 2.14 0.08
Near-death experience 0.80 0.37 2.22 <0.05

SE = standard error, OR = adjusted odds ratio.