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Table 6 Univariable analysis for potential continuous predictors of depression among 143 nurses working in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon assessed for depression from January – June 2018

From: Burnout as a predictor of depression: a cross-sectional study of the sociodemographic and clinical predictors of depression amongst nurses in Cameroon

Variable

Depression

No depression

P value

 

Total (N)

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

 

Age

108

66

28.35

5.16

42

31.95

7.85

0.005

Monthly income in USD

58

33

125.27

71.16

25

125.00

83.00

0.989

Number of children

105

62

1.77

1.56

43

2.00

1.81

0.497

Average weekly hours spent at work

127

78

10.02

4.48

49

13.86

16.29

0.051

Number of night shifts a week

101

58

2.50

1.68

43

1.77

1.25

0.018

Total OBLI score

143

89

40.11

5.42

54

35.48

4.91

<0.01

Quantity of alcohol consumed a week

41

24

2.06

1.59

17

1.49

0.75

0.178

  1. USD United states dollars, GPA Cumulative grade point average, OLBI Oldenburg burnout inventory; Quantity of alcohol measured in units of alcohol consumed a week