Table 3.
Hierarchical binary logistic regression on potential variables associated with depression in physicians from a cancer hospital
| Variables | Block 1a | Block 2a | Block 3a | Block 4a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | p-value | OR | p-value | OR | p-value | OR | p-value | |
| Block 1 - Physician characteristics | ||||||||
| Age in years | 0.970 | 0.425 | 1.020 | 0.714 | 1.032 | 0.600 | 0.944 | 0.515 |
| Income (Brazilian reais) | ||||||||
| < 10.999 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| 11.000–19.999 | 2.263 | 0.176 | 2.447 | 0.184 | 3.500 | 0.106 | 10.729 | 0.021 |
| > 20.000 | 1.353 | 0.671 | 0.908 | 0.902 | 0.664 | 0.634 | 0.802 | 0.827 |
| Gender (male vs. female) | 0.271 | 0.005 | 0.328 | 0.025 | 0.302 | 0.034 | 0.284 | 0.055 |
| Optimistic personality | ||||||||
| Optimist | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Neither optimist nor pessimist | 3.679 | 0.008 | 5.087 | 0.002 | 3.187 | 0.045 | 3.034 | 0.104 |
| Pessimist | 10.188 | 0.002 | 14.180 | 0.001 | 13.309 | 0.005 | 18.440 | 0.008 |
| MSc./PhD (yes vs. no) | 0.192 | 0.050 | 0.253 | 0.128 | 0.281 | 0.174 | 0.245 | 0.181 |
| Married(yes vs. no) | 0.872 | 0.815 | 1.005 | 0.993 | 0.779 | 0.724 | 0.341 | 0.230 |
| Block 2 - Workplace characteristics | ||||||||
| Main work type | ||||||||
| Clinic | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |||||
| Surgery | 0.253 | 0.049 | 0.368 | 0.192 | 0.126 | 0.029 | ||
| Diagnosis | 0.119 | 0.004 | 0.210 | 0.061 | 0.206 | 0.096 | ||
| ICU/ED | 0.371 | 0.411 | 0.247 | 0.329 | 0.500 | 0.698 | ||
| Anesthesiology | 2.182 | 0.476 | 2.372 | 0.463 | 2.014 | 0.593 | ||
| Years of work in the hospital (continuous) | 0.835 | 0.140 | 0.836 | 0.155 | 0.966 | 0.831 | ||
| Block 3 – Workplace perceived stressors | ||||||||
| Lack of recognition by the hospital | 2.139 | 0.260 | 2.932 | 0.181 | ||||
| Lack of recognition by patients/caregivers | 1.458 | 0.628 | 1.308 | 0.225 | ||||
| Relationship problems with other health professionals | 2.821 | 0.131 | 4.035 | 0.073 | ||||
| Excess of work | 1.337 | 0.647 | 1.146 | 0.855 | ||||
| Lack of time | 2.505 | 0.227 | 0.960 | 0.964 | ||||
| Lack of resources | 2.544 | 0.285 | 7.948 | 0.094 | ||||
| Block 4 - Extra-work characteristics | ||||||||
| Leisure activities | ||||||||
| Never/rarely | 1.000 | |||||||
| Moderate | 0.254 | 0.097 | ||||||
| Frequent/very frequent | 0.707 | 0.773 | ||||||
| Physical activity | ||||||||
| No | 1.000 | |||||||
| Up to 2 times a week | 0.369 | 0.156 | ||||||
| More than 2 times a week | 0.049 | 0.006 | ||||||
| Frequently familiar meetings (yes vs. no) | 0.261 | 0.069 | ||||||
| Model Chi-square | 32.286 | < 0.001 | 49.566 | 0.001 | 61.374 | < 0.001 | 83.322 | < 0.001 |
| Block Chi-square | 32.286 | < 0.001 | 17.280 | 0.004 | 11.809 | 0.066 | 21.947 | 0.001 |
| Nagelkerke’s R2 | 0.252 | 0.373 | 0.450 | 0.584 | ||||
| Change in Nagelkerke’s R2 | 0.121 | 0.077 | 0.134 | |||||
a In all blocks there were 28 events of depression