Table 4.
The association between social support and depressive symptoms stratified by sex
| Variables | Male physicians | Female physicians | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Β (SE) | 95% CI of β | p-value | β (SE) | 95% CI of β | p-value | |
| Subjective supports score | −0.317 (0.058) | − 0.431 ~ − 0.204 | < 0.001 | −0.241 (0.065) | − 0.370 ~ − 0.113 | < 0.001 |
| Objective supports score | −0.218 (0.105) | − 0.424 ~ − 0.013 | 0.038 | −0.277 (0.131) | − 0.532 ~ − 0.014 | 0.035 |
| Support utilization score | − 0.472 (0.129) | −0.726 ~ − 0.218 | < 0.001 | −0.102 (0.162) | − 0.425 ~ 0.214 | 0.528 |
| Age | −0.026 (0.049) | −0.122 ~ 0.070 | 0.596 | −0.017 (0.059) | − 0.135 ~ 0.098 | 0.780 |
| Marital status (ref. Married) | ||||||
| Single | 1.572 (0.769) | 0.060 ~ 3.084 | 0.042 | 1.729 (0.810) | 0.134 ~ 3.328 | 0.034 |
| Education level (ref. college diploma) | ||||||
| Bachelor’ degree | 1.247 (1.427) | −1.561 ~ 4.055 | 0.383 | −2.354 (1.731) | −5.578 ~ 1.066 | 0.175 |
| Master’ degree or higher | 1.882 (1.489) | −1.047 ~ 4.812 | 0.207 | −3.779 (1.786) | −7.314 ~ −0.275 | 0.035 |
| Monthly income(¥, RMB) (ref. < 5000) | ||||||
| 5000-8000 | 0.265 (0.698) | −1.108 ~ 1.639 | 0.704 | −0.233 (0.727) | −1.656 ~ 1.212 | 0.749 |
| 8000-10,000 | −0.984 (0.825) | −2.608 ~ 0.639 | 0.234 | 0.026 (1.020) | −1.996 ~ 2.027 | 0.980 |
| >10,000 | −2.406 (0.933) | −4.241 ~ −0.572 | 0.010 | −0.113 (1.074) | −2.239 ~ 1.995 | 0.917 |
| Cigarette Smoking (ref. Current/Past) | ||||||
| Never | −0.476 (0.503) | −1.466 ~ 0.514 | 0.345 | −6.703 (2.278) | −11.162 ~ −2.181 | 0.004 |
| Alcohol consumption (ref. Current/Past) | ||||||
| Never | 0.357 (0.651) | −0.925 ~ 1.638 | 0.584 | −1.036 (0.587) | −2.231 ~ 0.092 | 0.079 |
| Department (ref. Surgical) | ||||||
| Non-surgical | −0.382 (0.470) | −1.306 ~ 0.542 | 0.417 | 0.500 (0.532) | −0.574 ~ 1.527 | 0.348 |
| Professional title (ref. Primary) | ||||||
| Intermediate | 1.855 (0.720) | 0.439 ~ 3.270 | 0.010 | −1.385 (0.773) | −2.873 ~ 0.185 | 0.074 |
| Senior | 1.766 (1.087) | −0.372 ~ 3.905 | 0.105 | −1.311 (1.320) | −3.881 ~ 1.323 | 0.322 |
| Employment status (ref. Formal employee) | ||||||
| Contract employee | 0.024 (0.566) | −1.090 ~ 1.137 | 0.967 | −0.064 (0.660) | −1.384 ~ 1.218 | 0.923 |
| Weekly working hours (ref. ≤40) | ||||||
| 41–50 | −1.140 (1.092) | −3.288 ~ 1.009 | 0.297 | 2.014 (1.152) | −0.230 ~ 4.314 | 0.082 |
| 51–60 | 0.079 (1.120) | −0.589 ~ 1.642 | 0.944 | 2.830 (1.164) | 0.531 ~ 5.117 | 0.016 |
| >60 | −0.447 (1.135) | −2.679 ~ 1.785 | 0.694 | 3.383 (1.148) | 1.123 ~ 5.649 | 0.003 |
| Self-rated health (ref. good) | ||||||
| Fair | 2.681 (0.517) | 1.664 ~ 3.697 | < 0.001 | 2.645 (0.603) | 1.418 ~ 3.805 | < 0.001 |
| Poor | 5.421 (0.834) | 3.780 ~ 7.062 | < 0.001 | 6.316 (0.985) | 4.327 ~ 8.218 | < 0.001 |
| △F | 13.255 | 9.093 | ||||
| R2 | 0.454 | 0.408 | ||||
| Adjusted R2 | 0.420 | 0.363 | ||||
Abbreviations: β the coefficients, CI confidence interval, SE standard error, RMB renminbi