Table 2b.
The relationships between demographics and pain categories using multinomial regression.
| 95% CI for OR |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcomes | Β | SE | Wald | OR | p | LL | UL |
| Low pain levels* | |||||||
| M0alesa | −.562 | 1.03 | .30 | .570 | .586 | .075 | 4.312 |
| Other nurse typeb | −2.637 | 1.18 | 5.00 | .072 | .025 | .007 | .722 |
| Switch jobs | .896 | .93 | .93 | 2.450 | .336 | .395 | 15.197 |
| Age | .987 | .45 | 4.75 | 2.683 | .029 | 1.104 | 6.517 |
| Hours worked before pain | .422 | .15 | 7.86 | 1.525 | .005 | 1.135 | 2.048 |
| High pain levels* | |||||||
| Malesa | −1.624 | 1.04 | 2.44 | .197 | .118 | .026 | 1.514 |
| Other nurse typeb | −2.647 | 1.14 | 5.40 | .071 | .020 | .008 | .660 |
| Switch jobs | .893 | .91 | .97 | 2.442 | .326 | .412 | 14.475 |
| Age | 1.143 | .45 | 6.53 | 3.135 | .011 | 1.305 | 7.533 |
| Hours worked before pain | .572 | .15 | 14.49 | 1.772 | <.001 | 1.320 | 2.378 |
Note. χ2(10) = 43.88, p < .001, Nagelkerke R2 = 0.370. *Compared with minimal pain. aCompared with females; bCompared with RN; cCompared with not switching jobs. OR, odds ratio; LL, lower limits; UL, upper limits.