Table 3.
Sociodemographic, professional satisfaction and lifestyle behaviour associated with PHQ-9 > 9 by regression analysis.
| Factor† | PHQ-9 > 9 (N = 393) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univariate | Forward stepwise selection | |||||
| OR | 95% CI | P-value | OR | 95% CI | P-value | |
| Socio-demographic | ||||||
| Age | 0.961 | (0.912, 1.012) | 0.133 | |||
| Female (vs male) | 1.049 | (0.611, 1.801) | 0.863 | |||
| Married (vs single, separated and divorced) | 0.503* | (0.289, 0.874) | 0.015* | NA | ||
| Having children (vs no children) | 0.664 | (0.364, 1.210) | 0.181 | |||
| Private setting of your practice (vs public) | 0.325* | (0.113, 0.930) | 0.036* | |||
| Current specialty | ||||||
| Anaesthesiology/emergency medicine/intensive care | 2.743* | (1.024, 7.344) | 0.045* | |||
| Clinical oncology/dermatology and venerology/internal medicine | 1.419 | (0.535, 3.764) | 0.482 | NA | ||
| Pathology/radiology | 1.600 | (0.510, 5.022) | 0.421 | |||
| Family medicine/general practice/ community medicine | Reference group | |||||
| Obstetrics and gynaecology | 1.455 | (0.399, 5.307) | 0.570 | |||
| Orthopaedic surgery/otorhinolaryngology/surgery/ophthalmology | 1.205 | (0.457, 3.182) | 0.706 | |||
| Paediatrics | 2.800 | (0.903, 8.684) | 0.075 | |||
| Psychiatry | 1.333 | (0.368, 4.837) | 0.662 | |||
| Professional satisfaction | ||||||
| Satisfied your present job position (vs not satisfied) | 0.942 | (0.492, 1.805) | 0.858 | |||
| Satisfied with being a medical doctor (Vs not satisfied) | 0.952 | (0.314, 2.885) | 0.930 | NA | ||
| Lifestyle behaviours | ||||||
| Average sleep per night | 0.499* | (0.363, 0.688) | < 0.001* | 0.499* | (0.363, 0.688) | < 0.001* |
| Hours of work per week | 1.018* | (1.000, 1.036) | 0.044* | |||
| Current Smoker (vs non-smoker/ex-smoker) | 5.306 | (0.328, 85.969) | 0.240 | |||
| Regular exercise (vs no regular exercise) | 0.632 | (0.351, 1.140) | 0.128 | NA | ||
| At-risk drinker | 1.503 | (0.779, 2.902) | 0.222 | |||
CI = Confidence Interval; OR = Odds Ratio; NA = Not Applicable.
Current Smoker (Current smoker vs Non-smoker/ex-smoker).
Regular exercise (5 or more days per week for at least 10 min per day / Any vigorous and moderate physical activities).
Private Practice (Private Solo/ Private Hospital/Non-government organisation).
Public Practice (University/Government/Hospital Authority/Not applicable).
At-risk drinkers were defined if the doctors had 3 or more in AUDIT-C score.
* Significant with p-value < 0.05.
† Variable in brackets is the reference category for independent variables.