Table 2.
Associations between Depressive State (Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology score ≥11) and Other Variables among Male Orthopedic Physicians <40 Years Old in Japan (n = 1,343).
| Variables | In depressive state
(QIDS Score ≥11) |
Not in depressive state
(QIDS Score <11) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 90 | (%) | n = 1,253 | (%) | |
| Total working hours per week at the main medical
institution where one works |
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| <50 | 3 | (3.3) | 132 | (10.5) |
| 50-59 | 9 | (10.0) | 276 | (22.0) |
| 60-69 | 17 | (18.9) | 334 | (26.7) |
| 70-79 | 15 | (16.7) | 226 | (18.0) |
| 80-99 | 20 | (22.2) | 168 | (13.4) |
| ≥100 | 26 | (28.9) | 117 | (9.3) |
| Number of times on night duty in the previous month
at the main medical institution where one works | ||||
| None | 5 | (5.6) | 89 | (7.1) |
| 1-4 times | 63 | (70.0) | 984 | (78.5) |
| ≥5 times | 22 | (24.4) | 180 | (14.4) |
| Number of times on call in the previous month at
the main medical institution where one works |
||||
| None | 14 | (15.6) | 265 | (21.1) |
| 1-4 times | 32 | (35.6) | 470 | (37.5) |
| 5-9 times | 21 | (23.3) | 342 | (27.3) |
| ≥10 times | 23 | (25.6) | 176 | (14.0) |
| Number of unreasonable patients demands
and complaints in the previous 6 months |
||||
| None | 37 | (41.1) | 672 | (53.6) |
| More than once | 53 | (58.9) | 581 | (46.4) |
| Current smoking status | ||||
| Smoke | 26 | (28.9) | 147 | (11.7) |
| Do not smoke | 64 | (71.1) | 1106 | (88.3) |
| Number of sweating-inducing exercise sessions
of ≥30 min per week in the previous month |
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| None | 66 | (73.3) | 624 | (49.8) |
| 1-2 times | 21 | (23.3) | 525 | (41.9) |
| 3-4 times | 2 | (2.2) | 85 | (6.8) |
| Almost every day | 1 | (1.1) | 19 | (1.5) |
| Average hours of sleep per day other than
the night duty in the previous month | ||||
| <6 | 53 | (58.9) | 452 | (36.1) |
| ≥6 | 37 | (41.1) | 801 | (63.9) |
QIDS Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology