Personal initiative and work environment as predictors of job satisfaction among nurses: cross-sectional study

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Table 3 The multivariate logistic regression final model for high and very high job satisfaction prediction

Variables	Odds Ratio (OR) [95% Confidence Interval]
	Model I^a	Model II^b	Model III^c
Sex female vs. male	1.506 [1.096–2.069]	1.543 [1.105–2.155]	1.848 [1.289–2.651]
Education (vs. RN)
RN BA	1.150 [0.809–1.638]	0.940 [0.651–1.358]	1.164 [0.785–1.7326]
RN MA	1.793 [1.145–2.808]	1.240 [0.774–1.987]	1.290 [0.778–2.138]
Area of practice (vs. Oncology)
Surgery	2.422 [1.201–4.884]	1.950 [0.941–4.041]	1.524 [0.686–3.382]
Psychiatry/Rehabilitation	2.666 [1.320–5.386]	2.208 [1.064–4.582]	1.180 [0.495–2.814]
Intensive Care Units	2.341 [1.125–4.870]	2.165 [1.011–4.637]	2.058 [0.896–4.727]
Pediatric/Newborn/Premature	2.636 [1.209–5.748]	3.065 [1.360–6.909]	2.845 [1.171–6.912]
Internal Medicine/Geriatrics	1.925 [0.897–4.130]	1.559 [0.703–3.460]	1.180 [0.495–2.814]
Emergency Room	5.694 [1.922–16.868]	5.519 [1.794–16.973]	4.965 [1.517–16.250]
Obstetrics & Gynecology	2.968 [0.961–9.165]	2.756 [0.850–8.937]	1.976 [0.555–7.043]
Operating room	1.951 [0.636–5.978]	1.199 [0.376–3.822]	0.825 [0.226–3.017]
Other	1.839 [0.728–4.647]	1.732 [0.649–4.620]	1.424 [0.498–4.151]
Personal Initiative Score	–	2.962 [2.316–3.787]	2.817 [2.163–3.669]
Work Environment Score	–	–	4.305 [3.308–5.602]

^a Model I includes sex, education, and area of practice
^b Model II includes sex, education, area of practice, and personal initiative score
^c Model III includes sex, education, area of practice, personal initiative score and nursing work environment score

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