Table 4. Depression screening tool usage for patients with physical diseases in registered and assistant nurses.
| Screening tools | No. (%) of samples | Statistical coefficient | Unadjusted P value | Adjusted P value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total samples (n=851) | Registered nurses (n=740) | Assistant nurses (n=111) | ||||
| Favorable understanding the influences of chronic physical disease on depression | 749 (88.0) | 685 (92.6) | 64 (57.7) | χ2 = 111.506 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Psychiatric counseling as further needed strategy | 376 (44.2) | 340 (45.9) | 36 (32.4) | χ2 = 7.147 | 0.008 | 0.006 |
| Social stigma toward psychiatry as barrier to be engaged in psychiatric consultation | 494 (58.2) | 425 (57.6) | 69 (62.2) | χ2 = 0.8320 | 0.362 | 0.946 |
| Absent experience for depression screening tool† usage | 772 (91.1) | 666 (90.5) | 106 (95.5) | χ2 = 2.995 | 0.084 | 0.046 |
| Present intent for later use of depression screening tool | 640 (75.5) | 574 (77.9) | 66 (59.5) | χ2 = 17.689 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
*Adjusted for the effect of age-group and workplace; †Including Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).