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Impact of sense of coherence on work ability: A cross-sectional study among Croatian nurses

Martina Smrekar
Martina Smrekar
, 
Lijana Zaletel-Kragelj
Lijana Zaletel-Kragelj
 et 
Alenka Franko
Alenka Franko
   | 28 juin 2022
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Article Category: Research Article
Publié en ligne: 28 juin 2022
Pages: 163 - 170
Reçu: 03 févr. 2022
Accepté: 24 mai 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2022-0022
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Results of univariate logistic regression analysis of association between selected factors and PWAI in the study of impact of SOC on WA of Croatian nurses (n=685-691).

Factor Category
 OR 95% CI for OR
Observed Reference (lower-upper) p
SOCS 0.977 (0.968-0.986) <0.001
SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
Age >40 years Yes No 4.338 (2.926-6.430) <0.001
Gender Female Male 2.383 (1.162-4.887) 0.018
Marital status Married Other 1.320 (0.916-1.904) 0.137
Educational level Bachelor of nursing Secondary school 0.586 (0.393-0.872) 0.008
Master of nursing Secondary school 0.121 (0.016-0.909) 0.040
Ongoing education Yes No 0.372 (0.211-0.658) 0.001
HEALTH BEHAVIOURS
Number of cigarettes 1-5 0 0.531 (0.171-1.654) 0.275
>5 0 2.316 (0.759-7.066) 0.140
Physical activity (days per week) Maximum 2 days Every day/almost every day 3.003 (1.548-5.824) 0.001
About 3 days Every day/almost every day 3.063 (1.506-6.229) 0.002
WORK-RELATED FACTORS
Work length (years) 1-20 <1 0.531 (0.171-1.654) 0.275
>20 <1 2.316 (0.759-7.066) 0.140
Department with special demands Yes No 1.412 (0.922-2.161) 0.112
Time getting to work (minutes) >30 ≤30 0.772 (0.521-1.144) 0.198
Transportation mode By car only Other 0.666 (0.447-0.991) 0.045
On foot only Other 1.215 (0.423-3.490) 0.718
SELF-REPORTED HEALTH CONDITIONS
Injury from accidents Yes No 7.086 (4.741-10.590) <0.001
Musculoskeletal diseases Yes No 9.969 (6.611-15.033) <0.001
Cardiovascular diseases Yes No 6.177 (3.997-9.547) <0.001
Respiratory diseases Yes No 3.113 (1.948-4.975) <0.001
Mental disorders Yes No 6.694 (2.587-17.325) <0.001
Neurological and sensory diseases Yes No 8.769 (4.852-15.849) <0.001
Digestive diseases Yes No 5.367 (3.525-8.170) <0.001
Genitourinary diseases Yes No 3.069 (1.812-5.198) <0.001
Skin diseases Yes No 2.909 (1.645-5.145) <0.001
Tumours Yes No 3.409 (1.765-6.583) <0.001
Endocrine and metabolic diseases Yes No 2.902 (1.843-4.572) <0.001
Blood diseases/birth defects Yes No 1.679 (0.934-3.019 0.083

Results of multivariate logistic regression analysis of the association between selected factors and PWAI in the study of impact of SOC on WA of Croatian nurses (n=657).

Factor Category
 OR 95% CI for OR
Observed Reference (lower-upper) p
SOCS 0.966 (0.954-0.977) <0.001
Age >40 years Yes No 2.991 (1.739-5.147) <0.001
Musculoskeletal diseases Yes No 3.509 (2.056-5.989) <0.001
Cardiovascular diseases Yes No 3.114 (1.713-5.661) <0.001
Neurological and sensory diseases Yes No 4.398 (1.992-9.711) <0.001
Injury from accidents Yes No 2.833 (1.628-4.929) <0.001
Digestive diseases Yes No 2.299 (1.300-4.067) 0.004
Genitourinary diseases Yes No 2.121 (1.036-4.344) 0.040
Respiratory diseases Yes No 1.939 (1.017-3.698) 0.044

Characteristics of participants in the study of impact of sense of coherence on work ability of Croatian nurses (n=713).

Characteristic Category n %
SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
Gender Female 630 88.4
Male 83 11.6
Age (years) ≤40 408 57.3
>40 304 42.7
Marital status Married 371 52.1
Other 341 47.9
Level of education Secondary school 429 60.2
Bachelor of nursing 256 35.9
Master of nursing 28 3.9
Ongoing education No 564 79.2
Yes 148 20.8
HEALTH BEHAVIOURS
Number of cigarettes 0 437 61.3
1-5 51 7.2
>5 224 31.5
Physical activity (days per week) Maximum 2 days 409 57.4
About 3 days 123 17.3
Every day/almost every day 180 25.3
WORK-RELATED FACTORS
Work length (years) <1 23 3.2
1-20 391 54.9
>20 299 41.9
Work department Department with special demands 146 20.6
Other 562 79.4
Time getting to work (minutes) ≤30 241 33.9
>30 469 66.1
Transportation mode By car only 252 35.7
On foot only 19 2.7
Other 435 61.6
SELF-REPORTED HEALTH CONDITIONS
Injury from accidents No 550 77.1
Yes 163 22.9
Musculoskeletal diseases No 497 69.7
Yes 216 30.3
Cardiovascular diseases No 597 83.7
Yes 116 16.3
Respiratory diseases No 624 87.5
Yes 89 12.5
Mental disorders No 692 97.1
Yes 21 2.9
Neurological and sensory diseases No 654 91.7
Yes 59 8.3
Digestive diseases No 586 82.2
Yes 127 17.8
Genitourinary diseases No 645 90.5
Yes 68 9.5
Skin diseases No 657 92.1
Yes 56 7.9
Tumours No 674 94.5
Yes 39 5.5
Endocrine and metabolic diseases No 611 85.7
Yes 102 14.3
Blood diseases/birth defects No 652 91.4
Yes 61 8.6
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