Table 3.
Distribution of nurses with and without sick leave and type of sick leave during the past 6 months and chi-square tests of differences in probability of types of sick leave (N = 1,297)
| Not sick leave |
Sick leave |
Not sick leave vs. sick leave |
Not work-related vs. work-related sick leave |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not work-related |
Work-related |
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| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | χ2 (df) | P value | χ2 (df) | P value | |
| Gender | 3.97 (1) | 0.046 | 0.06 (1) | 0.810 | |||
| Female | 383 (33.1) | 563 (48.7) | 210 (18.2) | ||||
| Male | 58 (41.7) | 60 (43.2) | 21 (15.1) | ||||
| Total | 441 (34.1) | 623 (48.1) | 231 (17.8) | ||||
| Age (years) | 14.55 (7) | 0.042 | 20.44 (7) | 0.005 | |||
| 23–29 | 49 (25.1) | 97 (49.7) | 49 (25.1) | ||||
| 30–34 | 61 (34.9) | 72 (41.1) | 42 (24) | ||||
| 35–39 | 54 (34.6) | 80 (51.3) | 22 (14.1) | ||||
| 40–44 | 46 (29.1) | 87 (55.1) | 25 (15.8) | ||||
| 45–49 | 59 (37.1) | 74 (46.5) | 26 (16.4) | ||||
| 50–54 | 74 (41.3) | 70 (39.1) | 35 (19.6) | ||||
| 55–59 | 63 (37.1) | 85 (50) | 22 (12.9) | ||||
| ≥60 | 36 (34.3) | 58 (55.2) | 11 (10.5) | ||||
| Total | 442 (34.1) | 623 (48) | 232 (17.9) | ||||
| Number of years working in health services | 17.89 (4) | 0.003 | 12.93 (4) | 0.024 | |||
| <4 years | 10 (14.7) | 42 (61.8) | 16 (23.5) | ||||
| 4–9 years | 85 (33.5) | 105 (41.3) | 64 (25.2) | ||||
| 10–15 years | 84 (32.7) | 129 (50.2) | 44 (17.1) | ||||
| 16–20 years | 56 (31.3) | 96 (53.6) | 27 (15.1) | ||||
| >20 years | 202 (38.3) | 245 (46.4) | 81 (15.3) | ||||
| Total | 437 (34) | 617 (48) | 232 (18) | ||||