The radiographer is one of the most important and needful components of the workforce in the health care system. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and explore its associated risk factors among radiographers working in the West Bank hospitals. A cross-sectional design was used for the study. Beck's depression inventory-II Arabic version was administered to respondents and Statistical Package of the Social Sciences (SPSS v 21) was used for the data analysis.

The prevalence of depressive symptoms among radiographers was (66.9%). The results showed a significant association between gender and depression; men were at higher odds of having higher depression categories as than women by 9.6 times (95% CI 3.65-22.4). In addition, radiographers who had no children were at higher odds to report higher depression categories than radiographers who had from one to more than five children by 8.9 times (95% CI 1.55- 52.02). In addition, the results showed that the radiographers who had bachelor degree were at higher odds of having higher depression categories than diploma and master or more radiographers by 2.4 times (95% CI 1.04-5.78). To work in private hospitals had lower odds of having higher depression categories than radiographers who work in government hospitals by 0.24 times (95% CI 0.17-0.51). The results showed a significant association between monthly salary and depression categories; radiographers who took monthly salary 1000-1199$ were at higher odds of having higher depression categories than radiographers who took more than 2000US $ by 2.5 times (95% CI 1.24-5.33). The radiographers who smoke were at higher odds of having higher depression categories than radiographers who did not smoke by 2 times (95% CI 1.08-4.18). Other variables showed no significant association with depression categories among radiographers.

Depressive symptoms among radiographers were found to be prevalent. Gender, number of children, education level, monthly salary, smoking cigarettes, work experience, and working sector were associated with the generation of depressive symptoms.