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. 2025 Aug 21;24:1096. doi: 10.1186/s12912-025-03754-x

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