Table 4.

Bivariate logistic regression for organizational, patient and relative predictors of occupational stress levels among nurses, Salaga Hospital, 2016

Predictor Variables	Mild to moderate stress n(%)	High to extreme stress n(%)	OR crude(95% CI)	p-value
I am often involved in decision making
Yes	79(47.30)	53(31.74)	1
No	11(6.59)	24(14.37)	3.25(1.47-7.19)	0.004
Management understands the needs of my department
Yes	128(76.65)	4(2.39)	1
No	23(13.77)	12(7.19)	16.70(4.95-56.30)	< 0.001
Peers are supportive with work challenges
Yes	123(73.65)	9(5.39)	1
No	19(11.38)	16(9.58)	11.51(4.46-29.72)	< 0.001
Feedback only on unsatisfactory performance does not stress me much
Yes	126(75.45)	6(3.59)	1
No	15(8.98)	20(11.98)	28.00(9.72-80.64)	< 0.001
I receive supportive supervision from superiors
Yes	130(77.84)	2(1.20)	1
No	17(10.18)	18(10.78)	68.82(14.67-322.91)	< 0.001
Aggressive people do not stress me much
Yes	47(28.14)	85(50.90)	1
No	8(4.79)	27(16.17)	1.87(0.79-4.44)	0.158#
Difficult patients do not stress me much
Yes	129(77.24)	3(1.80)	1
No	16(9.58)	19(11.38)	51.06(13.59-191.88)	< 0.001
Life and death situations do not stress me much
Yes	40(23.95)	92(55.10)	1
No	5(2.99)	30(17.96)	2.61(0.94-7.21)	0.065#
Counselling bereaved patient relatives does not stress me much
Yes	64(38.32)	68(40.72)	1
No	9(5.39)	26(15.57)	2.72(1.18-6.24)	0.018
Physical and verbal abuses from patient relatives do not stress me much
Yes	31(18.56)	101(60.48)	1
No	2(1.20)	33(19.76)	5.06(1.15-22.31)	0.032