Table 4.
Logistic regression for predicting external characteristics of three profiles of perceived stress
| Variables | C2 vs. C1 | C3 vs. C1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | ||
| Gender (female as ref) | |||||
| Male | 2.595 (0.573–11.741) | 0.216 | 3.462 (0.659–18.189) | 0.142 | |
| Age (over 51 years old as ref) | |||||
| 20–30 | 0.913 (0.277–3.004) | 0.881 | 1.796 (0.313–10.288) | 0.511 | |
| 31–40 | 0.834 (0.256–2.715) | 0.763 | 1.477 (0.260–8.397) | 0.660 | |
| 41–50 | 0.805 (0.236–2.750) | 0.730 | 1.071 (0.175–6.544) | 0.940 | |
| Only children (no as ref) | |||||
| Yes | 1.345 (0.738–2.453) | 0.334 | 0.731 (0.310–1.723) | 0.474 | |
| Education level (Master degree or above as ref) | |||||
| College degree | 5.446 (1.294–22.927) | 0.021 | 7.143 (0.751–67.976) | 0.087 | |
| Bachelor degree | 2.756 (0.728–10.435) | 0.136 | 3.465 (0.398–30.167) | 0.260 | |
| Labor relationship (third party as ref) | |||||
| Authorized strength | 1.567 (0.318–7.717) | 0.581 | 2.192 (0.342–14.047) | 0.408 | |
| Contract employee | 0.887 (0.572–1.376) | 0.593 | 1.103 (0.619–1.964) | 0.739 | |
| Nursing role model (no as ref) | |||||
| Yes | 0.951 (0.522–1.732) | 0.869 | 1.664 (0.690–4.010) | 0.257 | |
| Family support (no as ref) | |||||
| Yes | 0.430 (0.196–0.941) | 0.035 | 0.153 (0.067–0.349) | <0.001 | |
Note: C1 = Low stress-high self-demand group; C2 = High tension-low out of control group; C3 = High stress-low efficiency group