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Table 2 Mean values for job demands and job resources divided by healthcare profession adjusted by confounders†

From: Contextualising the job demands–resources model: a cross-sectional study of the psychosocial work environment across different healthcare professions

 

Total

Physicians

Registered nurses

Nursing assistants

P-values

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (95% CI)

n

Mean (95% CI)

n

Mean (95% CI)

n

P-value between physicians and registered nurses

P-value between physicians and nursing assistants

P-value between registered nurses and nursing assistants

Job Demands

 Quantitative Demandsa

2.92 (0.94)

7370

3.15 (3.11–3.19)

2576

2.86 (2.83–2.89)

2830

2.70 (2.66–2.74)

1964

0.001*

0.001*

0.001*

 Emotional Demandsa

2.30 (1.16)

7392

3.30 (3.25–3.35)

2580

3.37 (3.32–3.41)

2840

3.21 (3.15–3.26)

1972

0.147

0.058

0.001*

 Effort Reward Imbalanceb

1.35 (0.57)

7170

1.19 (1.16–1.23)

2508

1.38 (1.35–1.41)

2776

1.51 (1.47–1.54)

1886

0.001*

0.001*

0.001*

 Illegitimate Work Tasks—Unneccessaryc

3.05 (0.81)

7326

3.08 (3.05–3.12)

2569

3.01 (2.98–3.04)

2813

3.04 (3.01–3.08)

1944

0.010*

0.447

0.528

 Illegitimate Work Tasks—Unreasonablec

2.96 (0.85)

7372

2.93 (2.90–2.97)

2580

2.93 (2.90–2.97)

2827

3.03 (2.99–3.07)

1965

1.00

0.002*

1.00

 Work–Life Interferenced

3.11 (1.06)

7348

3.10 (3.05–3.14)

2572

3.05 (3.01–3.09)

2825

3.20 (3.15–3.25)

1951

0.482

0.009*

0.001*

Job Resources

 Work Content Controle

2.55 (1.16)

4914

2.35 (2.30–2.40)

2180

2.93 (2.88–2.99)

1856

2.22 (2.14–2.29)

878

0.001*

0.015*

0.001*

 Work Time Controle

2.29 (1.25)

6466

2.48 (2.43–2.54)

2403

2.35 (2.30–2.39)

2530

1.91 (1.85–1.97)

1533

0.001*

0.001*

0.001*

 Influencee

3.43 (.83)

6867

3.64 (3.61–3.67)

2476

3.52 (3.49–3.55)

2714

2.97 (2.93–3.01)

1677

0.001*

0.001*

0.001*

Managerial Supportf

3.58 (1.18)

7114

3.65 (3.59–3.70)

2454

3.57 (3.53–3.62)

2742

3.50 (3.44–3.56)

1918

0.134

0.001*

0.130

 Collegial Supportf

4.35 (0.78)

7355

4.33 (4.29–4.36)

2565

4.42 (4.39–4.45)

2818

4.28 (4.25–4.32)

1972

0.001*

0.346

0.001*

  1. *Indicates p < 0.05
  2. †Confounders include sex, birth country, working hours, working experience, place of work and county of work
  3. aScale 1–5, (1) "Always" to (5) “Never/Almost never”
  4. bScale 1–4, (1) “Strongly disagree” to (4) “Strongly agree”
  5. cScale 1–5, (1) “Very often” to (5) “Never”
  6. dScale 1–5, (1) “Not at all” to (5) “Almost all the time”
  7. eScale 1–5, (1) “To a very high degree” to (5) “To a very low degree”
  8. fScale 1–5, (1) “Always” to (5) “Never/Almost never”
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