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. 2020 Jul 20;27(2):79–85. doi: 10.4103/meajo.MEAJO_220_20

Table 2.

Associations between depression symptoms and demographic variables

Variable Depression symptoms (PHQ-9)
OR P 95% CI
Yes No
Gender
 Male 13 (21.7) 47 (78.3) 0.446 0.06 0.19-1.04
 Female 18 (38.3) 29 (61.7)
Nationality
 Saudi 27 (27) 73 (73) 0.277 0.189 0.058-1.32
 Non-Saudi 4 (75.1) 3 (42.9)
Marital status
 Unmarried 18 (32.1) 38 (67.9) 1.385 0.449 0.596-3.218
 Married 13 (25.5) 38 (74.5)
On-call position
 Frontline 22 (31.9) 47 (68.1) 1.5 0.371 0.61-3.7
 Second line 9 (23.7) 29 (76.3)
Type of hospital
 Specialized eye hospital 19 (29.7) 45 (70) 1.09 0.842 0.464-2.566
 General hospital 12 (27.9) 31 (72.1)
Living with an elderly
 No 15 (20.3) 59 (79.7) 0.27 0.003 0.11-0.66
 Yes 16 (48.5) 17 (51.5)
Number of children
 0 2 (22.2) 7 (77.8) Reference
 1-2 9 (36) 16 (64) 1.969 0.449 0.335-11.57
 ≥3 4 (19) 17 (81) 0.824 0.842 0.122-5.573
Age
 24-30 23 (32.4) 48 (67.6) Reference
 31-40 5 (33.3) 10 (66.7) 1.043 0.944 0.32-3.41
 >40 3 (14.3) 18 (85.7) 0.348 0.105 0.093-1.3
Level
 Resident 20 (30.3) 46 (69.7) 2.26 0.137 0.759-6.735
 Fellow 6 (60) 4 (40) 7.8 0.006 1.596-38.11
 Registrar and consultant 5 (16.1) 26 (83.9) Reference

OR: Odds ratio, CI: Confidence interval, PHQ: Patient Health Questionnaire