Table 5.
Psychosocial work factors, by the proportion of respondents who had stopped smoking at follow-up. In Norwegian nurses' aides.
| Stopped smoking | ||||
| Baseline work characteristics | N † | n | Row % | P |
| Quantitative work demands ‡ | 0.320 | |||
| 1 | 537 | 54 | 10.1 | |
| 2 | 275 | 36 | 13.1 | |
| 3 | 529 | 49 | 9.3 | |
| 4 | 496 | 51 | 10.3 | |
| 5 | 390 | 32 | 8.2 | |
| Positive challenges ‡ | 0.237 | |||
| 1 | 304 | 38 | 12.5 | |
| 2 | 605 | 62 | 10.2 | |
| 3 | 452 | 43 | 9.5 | |
| 4 | 371 | 27 | 7.3 | |
| 5 | 490 | 52 | 10.6 | |
| Role conflicts ‡ | 0.276 | |||
| 1 | 355 | 39 | 11.0 | |
| 2 | 497 | 41 | 8.2 | |
| 3 | 325 | 41 | 12.6 | |
| 4 | 670 | 67 | 10.0 | |
| 5 | 373 | 33 | 8.8 | |
| Control of work pace ‡ | 0.903 | |||
| 1 | 361 | 36 | 10.0 | |
| 2 | 603 | 56 | 9.3 | |
| 3 | 325 | 34 | 10.5 | |
| 4 | 566 | 61 | 10.8 | |
| 5 | 369 | 34 | 9.2 | |
| Participation in important decisions ‡ | 0.459 | |||
| 1 | 340 | 31 | 9.1 | |
| 2 | 651 | 67 | 10.3 | |
| 3 | 322 | 34 | 10.6 | |
| 4 | 268 | 19 | 7.1 | |
| 5 | 640 | 70 | 10.9 | |
| Fairness of immediate superior's leadership ‡ | 0.302 | |||
| 1 | 510 | 50 | 9.8 | |
| 2 | 197 | 20 | 10.2 | |
| 3 | 654 | 66 | 10.1 | |
| 4 | 265 | 17 | 6.4 | |
| 5 | 596 | 67 | 11.2 | |
| Support from immediate superior ‡ | 0.992 | |||
| 1 | 402 | 41 | 10.2 | |
| 2 | 561 | 56 | 10.0 | |
| 3 | 279 | 27 | 9.7 | |
| 4 | 440 | 41 | 9.3 | |
| 5 | 543 | 55 | 10.1 | |
| Social climate ‡ | 0.969 | |||
| 1 | 372 | 40 | 10.8 | |
| 2 | 452 | 44 | 9.7 | |
| 3 | 405 | 40 | 9.9 | |
| 4 | 399 | 37 | 9.3 | |
| 5 | 596 | 61 | 10.2 | |
| Feedback about quality of one's work | 0.258 | |||
| Never or very seldom | 357 | 44 | 12.3 | |
| Rather seldom | 434 | 48 | 11.1 | |
| Sometimes | 724 | 61 | 8.4 | |
| Rather often | 497 | 50 | 10.1 | |
| Very often or always | 203 | 17 | 8.4 | |
| Rewards for well-done work | 0.742 | |||
| Not at all or very little | 991 | 105 | 10.6 | |
| Rather little | 334 | 34 | 10.2 | |
| Some | 497 | 42 | 8.5 | |
| Rather much | 290 | 30 | 10.3 | |
| Very much | 93 | 8 | 8.6 | |
| Exposure to threats and violence at work | 0.851 | |||
| Never or very seldom | 1302 | 132 | 10.1 | |
| Rather seldom | 286 | 29 | 10.1 | |
| Sometimes | 391 | 36 | 9.2 | |
| Rather often | 187 | 21 | 11.2 | |
| Very often or always | 60 | 4 | 6.7 | |
| Exposure to bullying at work previous 6 months | 0.067 | |||
| No | 2119 | 217 | 10.2 | |
| Yes | 106 | 5 | 4.7 | |
N = Total number if respondents in each category; n = number of cases in each category. Row % = proportion of cases in each category. † The total number of individuals included in these analyses was somewhat lower than the number of individuals who responded to the questionnaire, because not all respondents answered all questions. ‡ Index divided into quintiles; the lowest quintile is marked with 1, and corresponds with the lowest level of the index. Hence, in some variables (e.g. control of work pace), category "1" represents an unfortunate situation, and in other variables (role conflicts and quantitative work demands), it represents a positive situation.