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. 2022 Sep 15;155:269–278. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.09.006

Table 2.

Prevalence of psychosocial stressors at work and moral injuries among healthcare workers, overall and stratified by regions.

Psychosocial stressors at work Overall (n = 572)
Urban (n = 317)
Non-urban (n = 255)
N (%) N (%) N (%)
Psychological demands
 High 409 (71.50) 221 (69.72) 188 (73.73)
 Low or moderate 163 (25.5) 96 (30.29) 67 (26.28)
Job control
 Low or moderate 301 (52.62) 170 (53.63) 131 (51.37)
 High 271 (47.38) 147 (46.37) 124 (48.63)
Social support from colleagues
 Low or moderate 61 (10.66) 35 (11.04) 26 (10.2)
 High 511 (89.34) 282 (88.96) 229 (89.80)
Social support from supervisor
 Low or moderate 191 (33.4) 101 (31.86) 90 (35.29)
 High 381 (66.61) 216 (68.14) 165 (64.71)
Reward
 Low 138 (24.13) 87 (27.44) 51 (20)
 Moderate or high 434 (75.87) 230 (72.56) 204 (80)
Emotional demands
 High 295 (51.57) 165 (52.05) 130 (50.98)
 Low or moderate 277 (48.42) 152 (47,94) 125 (49.02)
Incivility
 High 116 (20.28) 67 (21.14) 49 (19.22)
 Low or moderate 456 (79.72) 250 (78.86) 206 (80.79)
Quality of work
 Low 285 (49.83) 156 (49.21) 129 (50.59)
 Moderate to high 287 (50.17) 161 (50,79) 126 (49.41)
Management of organizational changes
 Low 241 (42.13) 125 (39.43) 116 (45.49)
 Moderate to high 331 (57.87) 192 (60.57) 139 (54.51)
Ethical culture
 Low 477 (83.39) 260 (82.02) 217 (85.10)
 Moderate to high 95 (16.61) 57 (17.99) 38 (14.91)
Moral injuries
Self-oriented moral injury
 Moderate to high 58 (10.14) 38 (12.30) 19 (7.45)
 Low 514 (89.86) 278 (87.70) 236 (92.55)
Others-oriented moral injury
 Moderate to high 167 (29.19) 102 (32.17) 65 (25.49)
 Low 405 (70.80) 215 (67.82) 190 (74.51)
Total moral injury
 Moderate to high 79 (13.81) 51 (16.08) 28 (10,98)
 Low 493 (86.19) 266 (83.91) 227 (89.02)