Table 4.

Association between MICA scores and physicians' characteristics.

	MICA			Unadjusted			Adjusted
Variable		Mean	SD	Slope	Standard error	p -value	Slope	Standard error	p -value
Gender	Male	2.70	0.62	1
	Female	2.28	0.53	−0.42	0.132	0.002*	−0.35	0.145	0.019*
Ethnicity	Arab	2.61	0.67	1
	Asian	2.54	0.47	−0.068	0.172	0.695
	Other Ethnicities	2.33	0.52	−0.279	0.205	0.176
Income	5,000–20,000	2.68	0.56	1			1
	20,001–30,000	2.75	0.67	0.078	0.176	0.659	0.235	0.204	0.254
	Above 30,000	2.36	0.57	−0.316	0.150	0.039*	0.146	0.225	0.517
Religion	Muslim	2.57	0.61	1
	Christian	2.23	0.58	−0.332	0.313	0.292
Education	Residents	2.69	0.54	1			1
	Fellows	2.62	0.94	−0.066	0.228	0.773	0.07	0.254	0.784
	Consultants	2.33	0.58	−0.363	0.156	0.022*	−0.366	0.327	0.911
Department	Medicine	2.56	0.64	1			1
	Emergency Department	2.80	0.52	0.25	0.155	0.117	0.167	0.18	0.357
	Mental Health Service	2.23	0.56	−0.330	0.161	0.043*	−0.45	0.417	0.236
	Other department Neurology??	2.77	0.83	0.214	0.354	0.547	0.582	0.486	0.237
Years since degree	<1	3.56	0.80	1			1
	1–2	2.75	0.54	−0.815	0.444	0.07	−1.116	0.423	0.011*
	3–4	2.61	0.53	−0.954	0.441	0.033*	−1.062	0.41	0.012*
	5–6	2.39	0.60	−1.176	0.459	0.012*	−1.072	0.475	0.028*
	7 and over	2.38	0.66	−1.184	0.436	0.008*	−1.285	0.529	0.018*
Length of service (in years)	<1	2.52	0.38	1
	1–2	2.73	0.58	0.213	0.208	0.308
	3–4	2.69	0.81	0.174	0.227	0.444
	5–6	2.33	0.70	−0.185	0.262	0.481
	7 and over	2.40	0.61	−0.113	0.21	0.593
Personal Experience with people with Mental Health disorders	Yes	2.54	0.65	1
	No	2.61	0.57	0.0661	0.172	0.702
Frequency of taking care of patients with mental disorder	Never	3.21	0.51	1			1
	Daily basis	2.30	0.61	−0.911	0.245	<0.001*	−1.76	0.442	0.691
	Weekly basis	2.62	0.73	−0.59	0.249	0.021*	−0.46	0.256	0.078
	Monthly basis	2.51	0.30	−0.696	0.254	0.008*	−0.512	0.259	0.053
	Yearly basis	3.06	0.39	−0.149	0.401	0.710	−0.01	0.404	0.98

ED, Emergency Department; MHS, Mental Health Services; MICA, Mental Illness Clinician Attitude; SD, Standard Deviation.

^*Signifies significant.