Table 4.

Multivariate associations between primary care workers’ characteristics and lifetime mental disorders, stratified by sexa

CharacteristicTotal (n = 2355), OR (95% CI)P-valueMale (n = 408), OR (95% CI)P-valueFemale (n = 1947), OR (95% CI)P-value
Sex
  MaleReferenceNANA
  Female1.61 (1.25 to 2.06)<0.001NANA
Age, years
  18–291.12 (0.75 to 1.66)0.5880.34 (0.09 to 1.35)0.1241.34 (0.87 to 2.05)0.180
  30–491.50 (1.19 to 1.88)0.0011.30 (0.72 to 2.33)0.3871.53 (1.19 to 1.97)0.001
  ≥50ReferenceReferenceReference
Children in care
  NoneReferenceReferenceReference
  Aged ≤12 years1.18 (0.91 to 1.51)0.2091.19 (0.63 to 2.23)0.5971.21 (0.92 to 1.60)0.176
  Aged >12 years1.31 (1.03 to 1.67)0.0261.11 (0.60 to 2.03)0.7461.35 (1.04 to 1.76)0.025
Caring for older person or person with disabilities1.54 (1.18 to 2.00)0.0011.38 (0.62 to 3.06)0.4281.59 (1.20 to 2.11)0.001
Profession
  PhysicianReferenceReferenceReference
  Nurse or auxiliary nurse1.34 (1.09 to 1.65)0.0061.49 (0.81 to 2.75)0.2041.33 (1.06 to 1.66)0.012
  Administrative staff2.24 (1.66 to 3.03)<0.0011.69 (0.82 to 3.49)0.1572.39 (1.70 to 3.35)<0.001
  Other staff involved in patient care1.08 (0.76 to 1.54)0.6601.18 (0.47 to 3.01)0.7231.09 (0.74 to 1.59)0.668
  Other staff not involved in patient care2.22 (1.30 to 3.81)0.0042.24 (0.76 to 6.58)0.1422.09 (1.12 to 3.88)0.020
Frequency of direct exposure to patients with COVID-19
  A little/none of the timeReferenceReferenceReference
  Some of the time1.88 (1.40 to 2.52)<0.0011.15 (0.56 to 2.37)0.7122.06 (1.49 to 2.84)<0.001
  All/most of the time2.63 (1.98 to 3.51)<0.0011.61 (0.80 to 3.22)0.1832.90 (2.11 to 3.99)<0.001
Resilience score, CD-RISC-100.93 (0.92 to 0.95)<0.0010.91 (0.88 to 0.95)<0.0010.94 (0.92 to 0.95)<0.001
Any lifetime mental disorder2.58 (2.15 to 3.10)<0.0012.57 (1.60 to 4.12)<0.0012.59 (2.12 to 3.16)<0.001
  • a Exponentiated coefficients, adjusted by month of survey. Total model: pseudo-R2 0.1174; AIC 2874.2; BIC 2966.4; and AUC 0.72. Male model: pseudo-R2 0.1304; AIC 467.2; BIC 527.4; and AUC 0.74. Female model: pseudo-R2 0.1090; AIC 2422.4; BIC 2506.0; and AUC 0.71. AIC = Akaike Information Criterion. AUC = area under the curve. BIC = Bayesian Information Criterion. CD-RISC-10 = 10-item Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale. NA = Not applicable. OR = odds ratio.