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. 2020 Mar;30(2):223–232. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v30i2.10

Table 3.

Factors associated with work-related stress among academic staffs at University of Gondar, Ethiopia 2018 (n=490)

Variables Work-related stress

Not stressed (%) Stressed (%) COR with 95% CI AOR with 95% CI
Sex
  Male 154 (40.4) 227 (59.6%) 1
Female 40 (36.7%) 69(63.3%) 1.17 (0.75,1.82) 1.63 (0.91, 2.92)
Age
less than 28 73 (51.0%) 70 (49.0%) 0.37 (0.21,0.63) 0.25 (0.10, 0.63)**
28–30 43 (38.1%) 70 (61.9%) 0.62 (0.35,1.11) 0.63 (0.28, 1.40)
31–33 51 (37.5%) 85 (62.5%) 0.63 (0.36,1.113) 0.52 (0.25, 1.10)
above 33 27 (27.6%) 71 (72.4%) 1
Work experience(in years)
Less than 2 50 (38.2%) 81 (61.8%) 0.72 (0.45, 1.16) 0.61 (0.25,1.47)
2–4 90 (49.2%) 93 (50.8%) 0.46 (0.30, 0.71) 1.06 (0.40, 2.80)
Above 4 54 (30.7%) 122 (69.3%) 1
Smoke cigarette
smoker 11 (19.6%) 45 (80.4%) 2.98 (1.50, 5.92) 2.84 (1.25, 6.50)**
Non-smoker 183 (42.2%) 251 (57.8%) 1
Job demand
Low job demand 144 (52.9%) 128 (47.1%) 1
High job demand 50 (22.9%) 168 (77.1%) 3.78 (2.55, 5.61) 3.27 (2.05, 5.21)***
Control of job
Able to control 174 (45.8%) 206 (54.2%) 1
Unable to control 20 (18.2%) 90 (81.8%) 3.80 (2.25,6.43) 2.25 (1.21, 4.20)**
Relationships
Good 185 (41.1%) 265 (58.9%) 1
Poor 9 (22.5%) 31 (77.5%) 2.41 (1.12, 5.17) 0.78 (0.31,1.98)
Role ambiguity
No 178 (43.2%) 234 (56.8%) 1
Yes 16 (20.5%) 62 (79.5%) 2.95 (1.64, 5.28) 1.80 (0.91, 3.60)
Job Change
Low 189 (40.0%) 284 (60.0%) 1
High 5 (29.4%) 12 (70.6%) 1.60 (0.55, 4.60) 1.10 (0.29, 4.24)
Support
high support 163 (42.8%) 218 (57.2%) 1
low support 31 (28.4%) 78 (71.6%) 1.88 (1.18, 2.99) 1.24 (0.69,2.23)

AOR: Adjusted odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, COR: crudes odds ratio

*

statistically significant at p < 0.05

**

statistically significant at p < 0.001

***

statistically significant at p < 0.0001

Hosmer and Lemeshow test = 0.951 showed that the model fitted well