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Table 4 Results of multiple linear regression analysis on the GP's objective and subjective workload, expressed in betas and explained variance (R2)

From: Does the attention General Practitioners pay to their patients' mental health problems add to their workload? A cross sectional national survey

 

Working hours weekly (n = 120)

Patient contacts weekly (n = 127)

Job satisfaction time (n = 125)

Emotional exhaustion (n = 125)

GP's attention for mental health problems

    

Role perception

.04

-.09

.02

.09

% psychological contacts

-.03

.10

.09

.05

GP characteristics

    

Gender male

.04

-.07

-.15

.07

Age

.17

.08

.17

-.19

Personal list size

.23*

.62**

-.08

-.03

Practice characteristics

    

Degree of urbanisation

.13

-.19

-.14

-.05

% publicly insured patients

.14

-.04

-.19

.01

% female patients

.10

.12

-.17

.27*

% 65+ patients

-.13

-.05

.22*

-.16

% non-Western patients

-.02

.10

.18

-.07

R2

.06

.36**

.04

.07

  1. *p < .05; **p < .01