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. 2023 Aug 17;73(7):427–433. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqad090

Table 4.

Multiple regression analysis on variables related to anxiety, depression, sleepiness and exhaustion for police employees and retail workers engaged in evening shifts or rotating shifts.

Retail workers (n = 176) Police employees (n = 173)
Shift work intolerance symptoms Predictor variables Beta SE 96% CI B P R 2 Beta SE 96% CI B P R 2
Anxiety 0.52* 0.07
Sex 0.01 0.72 [−1.238, 1.603] 0.800 0.11 0.44 [−0.219, 1.535] 0.141
Age −0.06 0.02 [−0.068,0.020] 0.278 0.02 0.02 [−0.038,0.046] 0.844
Evening versus rotating −0.08 0.87 [−2.992,0.437] 0.143 −0.01 0.73 [−1.562, 1.324] 0.871
Neuroticism 0.65** 0.42 [2.783, 4.423] <0.001 0.23* 0.43 [0.217, 1.909] 0.014
Extroversion 0.10 0.47 [−0.204, 1.643] 0.126 0.18 0.54 [−0.029, 2.106] 0.057
Autonomy −0.21* 0.29 [−1.352, −0.204] 0.008 −0.07 0.31 [−0.853,0.358] 0.421
Competence 0.10 0.34 [−0.290, 1.040] 0.267 0.03 0.32 [−0.526,0.753] 0.726
Relatedness −0.07 0.28 [−0.845,0.277] 0.319 −0.00 0.33 [−0.665,0.647] 0.979
Depression 0.43** 0.03
Sex −0.10 0.67 [−2.444,0.219] 0.101 −0.10 0.45 [−1.463,0.314] 0.204
Age −0.07 0.02 [−0.065,0.018] 0.262 0.09 0.02 [−0.020,0.066] 0.294
Evening versu rotating −0.08 0.81 [−2.761,0.453] 0.158 −0.04 0.74 [−1.826, 1.099] 0.624
Neuroticism 0.28** 0.39 [0.563, 2.100] <0.001 0.10 0.43 [−0.380, 1.334] 0.273
Extroversion −0.16* 0.44 [−1.858, −0.127] 0.025 0.07 0.55 [−0.658, 1.505] 0.441
Autonomy −0.20* 0.27 [−1.164, −0.088] 0.023 0.01 0.31 [−0.578,0.649] 0.908
Competence −0.01 0.32 [−0.657,0.589] 0.914 0.00 0.33 [−0.639,0.658] 0.977
Relatedness −0.15* 0.27 [−1.054, −0.002] 0.049 −0.05 0.34 [−0.846,0.484] 0.591
Sleepiness 0.35* 0.03
Sex 0.15* 0.18 [0.052,0.778] 0.025 .01 .08 [−0.139,0.167] 0.856
Age −0.12 .01 [−0.022,0.001] 0.064 −0.06 .00 [−0.011,0.004] 0.418
Evening versu rotating 0.05 0.22 [−0.252,0.623] 0.404 −0.02 .13 [−0.288,0.214] 0.772
Neuroticism 0.41** 0.11 [0.286,0.705] <0.001 0.09 0.08 [−0.074,0.221] 0.328
Extroversion 0.01 0.12 [−0.209,0.263] .823 −0.01 0.09 [−0.198,0.172] 0.891
Autonomy −0.31** 0.07 [−0.394, −0.100] 0.001 0.09 0.05 [−0.050,0.164] .297
Competence 0.10 0.09 [−0.081,0.259] 0.302 −0.13 0.06 [−0.195,0.035] .173
Relatedness −0.00 0.07 [−0.146,0.141] 0.976 −0.00 0.06 [−0.122,0.113] 0.942
Insomnia 0.32* 0.06
Sex 0.10 0.07 [−1.161, 7.153] 0.157 0.14 1.24 [−0.034, 4.887] 0.053
Age −0.03 2.54 [−0.165,0.092] 0.573 0.03 .06 [−0.098,0.145] 0.703
Evening v rotating −0.05 1.22 [−6.790, 3.244] 0.486 −0.09 2.05 [−6.541, 1.534] 0.223
Neuroticism 0.39** 1.37 [2.856, 7.654] <0.001 0.17 1.20 [−0.046, 4.696] 0.055
Extroversion 0.04 0.85 [−1.989, 3.417] 0.603 0.12 1.51 [−0.843, 5.107] 0.159
Autonomy −0.36** 0.99 [−4.897, −1.537] <0.001 0.07 0.87 [−0.996, 2.441] 0.408
Competence 0.15 0.83 [−0.509, 3.383] 0.147 0.02 0.94 [−1.641, 2.055] 0.825
Relatedness −0.03 2.36 [−1.950, 1.334] 0.712 −0.04 0.96 [−2.312, 1.473] 0.663
Exhaustion 0.53 0.41**
Sex 0.14* 0.14 [0.056,0.624] 0.019 0.09 0.07 [−0.028,0.248] 0.118
Age −0.07 0.00 [−0.014,0.004] 0.258 0.00 0.00 [−0.007.007] 0.980
Evening versu rotating 0.01 0.17 [−0.292,0.374] 0.807 0.06 0.12 [−0.118,0.336] 0.343
Neuroticism 0.33** 0.08 [0.198,0.527] <0.001 0.42** 0.07 [0.284,0.550] <0.001
Extroversion −0.13 0.09 [−0.353,0.013] 0.069 −0.13 0.09 [−0.330,0.005] 0.057
Autonomy −0.48** 0.06 [−0.443, −0.217] <0.001 −0.23** 0.05 [−0.260, −0.067] 0.001
Competence 0.03 0.07 [−0.105,0.157] 0.696 −0.07 0.05 [−0.154,0.054] 0.345
Relatedness 0.05 0.06 [−0.076,0.148] 0.523 0.04 0.05 [−0.077,0.136] 0.589

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.001.