Table 4 Presence of depressive symptoms and organizational factors

Unit factors

Teaching hospital, %

53

47

0.17

Number of ICU beds*

14.3 ± 7.3

15.7 ± 9.1

0.04

Patients admitted, year 2003, number*

579 ± 306

619 ± 318

0.13

Intensivists (excluding interns and residents) working in the ICU, number

6.0 ± 2.4

6.0 ± 2.6

0.95

Intensivist absenteeism for more than 1 week, year 2003, %

39

32

0.09

Compensation for overtime, %

30

34

0.23

Relief of service until the next working day after a night shift, %

36

48

0.002

Discussion group, %

39

43

0.29

Psychologist, %

23

25

0.62

Intensivist factors

Working hours per week, hours*

60 ± 13

58 ± 12

0.03

Full-time ICU activity, %

72

69

0.47

High level of burnout, %

81

36

0.0001

Night shifts per month, number*

5.1 ± 1.9

4.7 ± 1.9

0.008

Period since the last nonworking day, days**

4 (3–8)

4 (3–6)

0.002

Period since the last nonworking weekend, days**

10 (4–19)

7 (4–15)

0.0001

During year 2003:

· No. of conflicts with a nurse**

2 (0–5)

2 (0–4)

0.23

· No. of conflicts with a colleague intensivist**

2 (1–5)

1 (0–3)

0.0001

During the last 7 days:

· Night shift, %

0.07

- 0

12

17

- 1

32

37

- 2

42

34

- ≥3

14

12

0.001

· Conflict with a nurse, %

19

11

0.0001

· Conflict with a colleague intensivist, %

29

12

0.0001

· Conflict with a patient’s family, %

11

7

0.07

The day of the survey:

· Night shift before the survey, %

19

15

0.16

· Off the day before, %

14

19

0.10

· Patients-to-intensivist ratio*

7.3 ± 4.7

7.5 ± 4.9

0.56