Why so stressed? A comparative study on stressors and stress between hospital and non-hospital nurses

Muhamad Robat, Rosnawati; Mohd Fauzi, Mohd Fadhli; Mat Saruan, Nur Adibah; Mohd Yusoff, Hanizah; Harith, Abdul Aziz

doi:10.1186/s12912-020-00511-0

BMC Nursing

Table 5 Hierarchical linear regression to identify determinants of stress level

From: Why so stressed? A comparative study on stressors and stress between hospital and non-hospital nurses

Variables	All (n = 715)		Non-Hospital (n = 252)		Hospital (n = 463)
Variables	β in step … ^a	Final β ^b	β in step … ^a	Final β ^b	β in step … ^a	Final β ^b
Step 1
Age	−0.157 (− 0.375, 0.062)	0.477 (0.014, 0.939) *	0.014 (− 0.326, 0.354)	1.074 (0.337, 1.812) **	− 0.249 (− 0.527, 0.030)	0.212 (− 0.381, 0.804)
Marital status^c	1.966 (−3.168, 7.100)	−1.300 (−5.267, 2.667)	7.537 (− 0.436, 15.511)	3.138 (−3.188, 9.464)	−0.271 (− 6.828., 6.286)	−3.441 (−8.528, 1.646)
Having children^d	− 0.268 (− 1.500, 0.964)	−0.327 (− 1.276, 0.622)	−0.710 (− 2.590, 1.169)	−0.823 (− 2.267, 0.620)	−0.086 (− 1.672, 1.500)	−0.106 (− 1.343, 1.130)
Δ R²	0.004		0.014		0.010
Δ F	1.026		1.209		1.530
Step 2
Work tenure	−0.741 (− 1.396, − 0.085) *	−0.665 (− 1.172, − 0.158) **	−1.084 (− 2.084, − 0.085) *	−0.978 (− 1.743, − 0.214) *	−0.573 (− 1.435, 0.289)	−0.496 (− 1.167, 0.175)
Job position^e	7.755 (2.553, 12.957) **	4.644 (0.565, 8.723) *	−1.574 (− 11.204, 8.056)	− 0.128 (−7.542, 7.286)	10.192 (3.840, 16.545) **	6.156 (1.158, 11.155) *
Work schedule^f	5.250 (2.073, 8.428) ***	−0.057 (− 2.612, 2.497)	− 0.654 (− 5.670, 4.362)	−1.385 (− 5.223, 2.452)	6.556 (1.081, 12.031) *	−0.236 (− 4.617, 4.146)
Δ R²	0.031		0.020		0.034
Δ F	7.562 ***		1.653		5.365 ***
Step 3
Workplace stressor (WS)	0.522 (0.419, 0.625) ***	0.514 (0.376, 0.652) ***	0.543 (0.370, 0.716) ***	0.678 (0.449, 0.907) ***	0.513 (0.379, 0.647) ***	0.446 (0.263, 0.628) ***
Household stressor (HS)	1.573 (1.330, 1.817) ***	1.531 (1.006, 2.055) ***	1.260 (0.898, 1.622) ***	1.722 (1.091, 2.352) ***	1.725 (1.397, 2.052) ***	1.310 (0.480, 2.139) **
Δ R²	0.390		0.401		0.380
Δ F	239.816 ***		86.347 ***		149.765 ***
Step 4
WS*HS	0.001 (−0.014, 0.017)	0.001 (−0.014, 0.017)	−0.018 (− 0.039, 0.002)	−0.018 (− 0.039, 0.002)	0.012 (− 0.011, 0.035)	0.012 (− 0.011, 0.035)
Δ R²	0.000		0.007		0.001
Δ F	0.032		23.089		1.147

*** p < 0.001 (2-tailed); ** p < 0.01 (2-tailed); * p < 0.05 (2-tailed); ^a β in step.. = β of the particular step at which the variable initially entered the equation; ^b Final β = β in the final (4th step); ^c Marital status (0 = never married, 1 = ever married); ^d Having children (0 = none, 1 = at least one child); ^e Job position (0 = staff nurse/community nurse, 1 = nurse manager); ^f Work schedule (0 = non-shift, 1 = shift)

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