Table 4.

Sedation Anxiety Scores and Adjusted Odds Ratios Based on Individual Characteristics and Sedation Experience of Doctors

	Sedation anxiety score		Model I (sex and age adjusted*)			Model II (multivariated†)
	Total no.‡	No. (%)§	OR	95% CI||	p-value	OR	95% CI||	p-value
Total	649	82 (12.6)
Age, yr
<40	440	49 (11.1)	1.00			1.00
≥40	209	33 (15.8)	1.77	(1.07–2.92)	0.026	1.65	(0.98–2.77)	0.060
Sex
Male	382	41 (10.7)	1.00			1.00
Female	267	41 (15.4)	1.76	(1.08–2.88)	0.023	1.59	(0.96–2.65)	0.072
Subspecialty
All excluding Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine	588	58 (9.9)	1.00			1.00
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine	61	24 (39.3)	5.78	(3.20–10.46)	<0.001	4.90	(2.66–9.02)	<0.001
Experience of adverse event
No	415	38 (9.2)	1.00			1.00
Yes	234	44 (18.8)	2.24	(1.39–3.59)	0.001	1.73	(1.05–2.85)	0.031
Sufficient explanation of sedation
Yes	457	51 (11.2)	1.00			1.00
No	192	31 (16.1)	1.58	(0.97–2.57)	0.068	1.42	(0.85–2.37)	0.181

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

^*OR adjusted for sex and age;

^†OR adjusted for variables with p<0.2 from model I;

^‡Includes non-responses;

^§Number of ordinary workers who reported an overall sedation anxiety score of 4 or 5;

^||CI for reported point estimate.