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. 2022 Dec 9;22:1501. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08895-2

Table 2.

Risk of being concerned to have made an important medical error across the full follow up period (summary measure variable*) by exposure to adverse psychosocial working conditions at baseline (Poisson regression)

Summary measure of concerns to have made an important medical error
Characteristic Model Ia Model IIb
RRc 95% CId RRc 95% CId
ERI model
 Effort z-scoree 0.94 0.74, 1.20 0.98 0.77, 1.25
 Reward z-score 0.80 0.63, 1.03 0.86 0.66, 1.12
 ERI ratio z-score 1.09 0.84, 1.40 1.06 0.82, 1.36
MA-specific instrument
 Workload z-score 1.16 0.91, 1.47 1.18 0.93, 1.51
 Job control z-score 0.94 0.74, 1.18 1.00 0.78, 1.27
 Collaboration z-score 1.31 1.04, 1.64 1.26 1.00**, 1.57
 Gratification z-score 1.11 0.86, 1.43 1.03 0.79, 1.35
 Practice organization z-score 1.21 0.95, 1.55 1.15 0.89, 1.48
 Resources z-score 0.81 0.59, 1.12 0.80 0.58, 1.10
 Leadership behavior z-score 1.14 0.85, 1.53 1.10 0.82, 1.48

* perceived concerns about having made an important medical error reported for the last three months, 12 months and since baseline merged into a single variable (any affirmative response vs none); effort-reward imbalance questionnaire (ERI) or medical assistant (MA)-specific work stress questionnaire

aunadjusted

badditionally adjusted for age and leadership position

crelative risk (RR) and

d95% confidence intervals (95% CIs)

e a higher score reflects higher agreement to the stressor

** exact p-value = 0.04953