Table 3.
Binary logistic regression analysis for ≥10 sick leave days as dependent variable.
| Independent Variable Nagelkerkes R2 = 20.0%; Hosmer-Lemeshow test: χ2 = 5.508; df = 8; p = 0.702; 2-Log-Likelihood = 792.672 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regression Coefficient | Standard Error | Wald | df | p-Value | OR (95% CI: Minimum–Maximum) | |
| Sociodemographic variables | ||||||
| Gender (Ref. = men) | ||||||
| Women | 0.119 | 0.223 | 0.284 | 1 | 0.594 | 1.126 (0.727–1.743) |
| Age (Ref. = 18–30 years) | ||||||
| 31–40 | 0.374 | 0.330 | 1.291 | 1 | 0.256 | 1.454 (0.762–2.774) |
| 41–50 | 0.459 | 0.365 | 1.578 | 1 | 0.209 | 1.582 (0.773–3.237) |
| >50 | 0.449 | 0.350 | 1.644 | 1 | 0.200 | 1.566 (0.789–3.109) |
| Living alone (Ref. = No) | ||||||
| Yes | −0.017 | 0.223 | 0.006 | 1 | 0.940 | 0.983 (0.636–1.521) |
| Children (Ref. = No) | ||||||
| Yes | 0.046 | 0.219 | 0.045 | 1 | 0.832 | 1.047 (0.682–1.609) |
| Migration background (Ref. = No) | ||||||
| Yes | −0.009 | 0.265 | 0.001 | 1 | 0.974 | 0.991 (0.590–1.665) |
| Caring for old, ill or disabled relatives (Ref. = No) | ||||||
| Yes | 0.071 | 0.238 | 0.088 | 1 | 0.766 | 1.073 (0.673–1.710) |
| Job—related variables | ||||||
| Professional experience in patient care (Ref. = <3 years) | ||||||
| 3–6 | −0.396 | 0.476 | 0.692 | 1 | 0.405 | 0.673 (0.265–1.710) |
| >6 | −0.322 | 0.481 | 0.448 | 1 | 0.503 | 0.725 (0.282–1.861) |
| Employment (Ref. = Full-time) | ||||||
| Part-time | −0.345 | 0.194 | 3.148 | 1 | 0.076 | 0.709 (0.484–1.037) |
| COVID-19—related variables | ||||||
| Infection with SARS-CoV-2 (Ref. = No) | ||||||
| Yes | 1.929 | 0.286 | 45.520 | 1 | <0.001 | 6.883 (3.930–12.055) |
| I don’t know | 0.402 | 0.279 | 2.072 | 1 | 0.150 | 1.495 (0.865–2.583) |
| Contact with infected patients (Ref. = No) | ||||||
| Yes | −0.453 | 0.197 | 5.286 | 1 | 0.021 | 0.635 (0.432–0.935) |
| Risk group due to pre-existing illness (Ref. = No) | ||||||
| Yes | 0.623 | 0.226 | 7.610 | 1 | 0.006 | 1.864 (1.198–2.903) |
| Occupancy rate (Ref. = strongly/slightly below average, average) | ||||||
| Slightly/strongly above average | −0.271 | 0.206 | 1.727 | 1 | 0.189 | 0.763 (0.510–1.142) |
| Change of the department (Ref. = No) | ||||||
| Yes | −0.033 | 0.287 | 0.013 | 1 | 0.909 | 0.968 (0.551–1.699) |
| Symptoms | ||||||
| PHQ-2 * | −0.004 | 0.083 | 0.002 | 1 | 0.962 | 0.996 (0.846–1.173) |
| GAD-2 * | 0.060 | 0.075 | 0.645 | 1 | 0.422 | 1.062 (0.917–1.231) |
| Sleeping disorders # | −0.103 | 0.082 | 1.580 | 1 | 0.209 | 0.902 (0.768–1.059) |
| Exhaustion # | 0.272 | 0.109 | 6.273 | 1 | 0.012 | 1.313 (1.061–1.624) |
| Fear to become infected # | 0.177 | 0.077 | 5.245 | 1 | 0.022 | 1.194 (1.026–1.389) |
| Work—related variables | ||||||
| ERI effort + | −0.099 | 0.058 | 2.903 | 1 | 0.088 | 0.906 (0.809–1.015) |
| ERI reward + | −0.088 | 0.033 | 7.340 | 1 | 0.007 | 0.915 (0.859–0.976) |
| Trust in colleagues # | 0.187 | 0.094 | 3.911 | 1 | 0.048 | 1.205 (1.002–1.451) |
| Higher workload # | −0.023 | 0.076 | 0.095 | 1 | 0.758 | 0.977 (0.842–1.134) |
| Sufficient staff # | −0.201 | 0.097 | 4.321 | 1 | 0.038 | 0.818 (0.676–0.989) |
| Measures of the hospital # | 0.030 | 0.091 | 0.113 | 1 | 0.737 | 1.031 (0.863–1.232) |
| Constant | 0.356 | 0.944 | 0.142 | 1 | 0.706 | 1.428 |
N = 714. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; PHQ-2 = Patient Health Questionnaire-2; GAD-2 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2; ERI = effort-reward imbalance questionnaire; * Scale: 0 = never, 1 = on single days, 2 = on more than half of the days, 3 = almost every day; # Scale: 0 = strongly disagree, 1 = rather disagree, 2 = neither agree or disagree, 3 = rather agree, 4 = strongly agree; + Scale: 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = agree, 4 = strongly agree; significant p-values and corresponding ORs/CIs are marked bold.