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