Table 3 The association between level of involvement in direct patient care and job satisfaction
Model | Finland | Norway | Sweden | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
OR (CI)* | OR (CI)* | OR (CI)* | ||
Bivariate analysis | ||||
1 | “Provided most care myself” vs “supervised the care by others and provided some myself” | 0.97 (0.74-1.28) | 1.01 (0.87-1.17) | 1.11 (1.02-1.21) |
“Provided most care myself” vs “provided only limited care - direct care was done by others” | 0.93 (0.59-1.46) | 1.13 (0.89-1.44) | 1.24 (1.10-1.40) | |
“Supervised the care by others and provided some myself” vs “provided only limited care - direct care was done by others” | 0.95 (0.59-1.55) | 1.12 (0.87-1.45) | 1.11 (1.00-1.24) | |
2 | Patients directly responsible for on the most recent shift (by increment of −5) | 1.08 (0.97-1.19) | 1.38 (1.27-1.5) | 1.24 (1.19-1.29) |
3 | Patients required assistance with all activities of daily living (by increment of −2) | 1.07 (1.00-1.13) | 1.29 (1.22-1.36) | 1.31 (1.27-1.35) |
4 | Patients required hourly or more frequent monitoring or treatments (by increment of −2) | 1.11 (1.03-1.19) | 1.21 (1.14-1.29) | 1.13 (1.10-1.16) |
Multivariate analysis** | ||||
5 | “Provided most care myself” vs “supervised the care by others and provided some myself” | 0.89 (0.65-1.23) | 0.86 (0.74-1.02) | 1.12 (1.02-1.23) |
“Provided most care myself” vs “provided only limited care - direct care was done by others” | 1.09 (0.65-1.82) | 0.85 (0.65-1.11) | 1.17 (1.03-1.33) | |
“Supervised the care by others and provided some myself” vs “provided only limited care - direct care was done by others” | 1.22 (0.72-2.06) | 0.98 (0.75-1.30) | 1.05 (0.93-1.17) | |
Patients directly responsible for on the most recent shift (by increment of −5) | 1.09 (0.96-1.24) | 1.23 (1.12-1.36) | 1.29 (1.23-1.35) | |
6 | “Provided most care myself” vs “supervised the care by others and provided some myself” | 0.91 (0.66-1.26) | 0.86 (0.73-1.01) | 1.09 (0.99-1.19) |
“Provided most care myself” vs “provided only limited care - direct care was done by others” | 1.17 (0.69-1.97) | 0.85 (0.66-1.11) | 1.16 (1.02-1.32) | |
“Supervised the care by others and provided some myself” vs “provided only limited care - direct care was done by others” | 1.28 (0.75-2.18) | 1.00 (0.75-1.31) | 1.07 (0.96-1.20) | |
Patients required assistance with all activities of daily living (by increment of −2) | 1.09 (1.01-1.18) | 1.24 (1.17-1.31) | 1.31 (1.27-1.35) | |
7 | “Provided most care myself” vs “supervised the care by others and provided some myself” | 0.91 (0.66-1.25) | 0.89 (0.76-1.04) | 1.16 (1.06-1.28) |
“Provided most care myself” vs “provided only limited care - direct care was done by others” | 1.16 (0.68-1.98) | 0.92 (0.71-1.20) | 1.25 (1.10-1.42) | |
“Supervised the care by others and provided some myself” vs “provided only limited care - direct care was done by others” | 1.28 (0.74-2.20) | 1.04 (0.79-1.37) | 1.07 (0.96-1.20) | |
Patients required hourly or more frequent monitoring or treatments (by increment of −2) | 1.10 (1.01-1.19) | 1.15 (1.08-1.23) | 1.12 (1.09-1.15) | |
8 | “Provided most care myself” vs “supervised the care by others and provided some myself” | 0.91 (0.68-1.21) | 0.85 (0.72-1.00) | 1.08 (0.98-1.19) |
“Provided most care myself” vs “provided only limited care - direct care was done by others” | 0.97 (0.59-1.58) | 0.85 (0.65-1.11) | 1.16 (1.02-1.32) | |
“Supervised the care by others and provided some myself” vs “provided only limited care - direct care was done by others” | 1.07 (0.64-1.78) | 1.00 (0.76-1.32) | 1.08 (0.96-1.21) | |
Patients directly responsible for on the most recent shift (by increment of −5) | 0.99 (0.86-1.15) | 1.03 (1.15-0.91) | 1.07 (1.02-1.13) | |
Patients required assistance with all activities of daily living (by increment of −2) | 1.06 (0.97-1.16) | 1.20 (1.29-1.11) | 1.26 (1.22-1.31) | |
Patients required hourly or more frequent monitoring or treatments (by increment of −2) | 1.07 (0.99-1.16) | 1.08 (1.16-1.01) | 1.03 (1.00-1.06) |