Table 3.
Factors associated with professional help-seeking among veterinarians with self-reported mental health problems in need of treatment (n = 618)
Bivariate | Multivariable | |||
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OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
Female | 1.89** | 1.24–2.86 | 2.11** | 1.24–3.60 |
Age | 1.02 | 0.95–1.10 | 1.00 | 0.92–1.12 |
Single | 1.20 | 0.87–1.65 | 1.25 | 0.86–1.81 |
SCL-5 | 1.03 | 0.89–1.18 | 1.14 | 0.93–1.40 |
Reality weaknessa | 0.93* | 0.87–0.99 | 0.93 | 0.85–1.01 |
Attitudes toward mental illness | ||||
Treatment helps those with mental illness | 1.26* | 1.03–1.55 | 1.32* | 1.03–1.68 |
People are caring toward those with mental illness | 1.03 | 0.91–1.18 | 1.10 | 0.93–1.28 |
Main field of work (ref. category = mixed clinical practice) | ||||
Companion animals | 1.39 | 0.84–2.32 | 1.43 | 0.82–2.50 |
Production animals | 0.33* | 0.13–0.85 | 0.35* | 0.13–0.98 |
Equine practice | 1.67 | 0.72–3.87 | 1.75 | 0.70–4.36 |
Aquaculture | 1.23 | 0.55–2.73 | 1.18 | 0.47–2.97 |
Public administration | 2.31** | 1.29–4.13 | 2.27* | 1.15–4.45 |
Academia/research | 3.44** | 1.64–7.18 | 4.78*** | 1.99–11.47 |
Other | 2.75** | 1.39–5.46 | 2.79* | 1.23–6.32 |
Job stress | ||||
Emotional demands | 1.02 | 0.85–1.23 | 1.17 | 0.91–1.50 |
Work/life-balance | 0.95 | 0.82–1.11 | 0.97 | 0.79–1.19 |
Fear of complaints | 0.91 | 0.80–1.05 | 0.97 | 0.80–1.18 |
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001
aThere was a high correlation between SCL-5 and reality weakness (Pearson’s R = 0.6)