Attitudes toward depression among Ecuadorian physicians using the Spanish-validated version of the Revised Depression Attitude Questionnaire (R-DAQ)

Table 2 Influence of participants' characteristics on their professional confidence and therapeutic optimism on depression

Variable	Factor 1				Tolerance	Factor 2				Tolerance
	Sig	B	95% CI for B			Sig	B	95% CI for B
	Sig	B	LL	UL		Sig	B	LL	UL
Age	.289	− .021	− .061	.018	.895	.376	− .022	− .070	.026	.895
Gender^a
Female	.640	− .210	− 1.089	.669	.961	.007	1.465	.404	2.527	.961
Specialty^b
Primary care	.008	1.313	.343	2.282	.791	.766	.177	− .993	1.348	.791
Psychiatry	.000	4.469	2.564	6.374	.659	.001	3.897	1.596	6.197	.659
Service type^c
Private	.295	− .512	− 1.472	.448	.805	.001	1.952	.793	3.111	.805
Public and private	.931	− .068	− 1.625	1.488	.851	.028	2.106	.227	3.986	.851
Service area^d
Urban	.285	.803	− .671	2.276	.882	.723	− .321	− 2.100	1.458	.882
Urban and rural	.991	.026	− 4.402	4.455	.880	.670	1.161	− 4.187	6.508	.880
Frequency of depression consults	.000	1.450	.995	1.906	.705	.053	.544	− .006	1.094	.705
Previous depression training^e
Yes	.006	1.678	.490	2.865	.723	.562	.424	− 1.011	1.858	.723

Regression analyses were adjusted for variables such as age, gender, specialty, service type, service area, frequency of depression consults and previous depression training. Values are significant at .05 significance level. B, unstandardized regression coefficient; CI, confidence interval; LL, lower limit; UL, upper limit
^aReference gender category is "male"
^bReference specialty category is "other"
^cReference service type category is "public"
^dReference service area category is "rural"
^eReference previous depression training is "No"

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