TABLE 3.

Adjusted association between nurse-reported workplace bullying and the nursing work environment characteristics

Model	Practice environment scale of the nursing work index	Not bullied (n = 566) mean	Not bullied (n = 566) SD	Bullied (n = 377) mean	Bullied (n = 377) SD	Not bullied versus bullied Adj. OR [CI]a
1	Nurse participation in hospital affairs	2.97	0.66	2.38	0.68	0.28 [0.22, 0.36]
2	Nursing foundations for quality of care	3.28	0.51	2.79	0.61	0.21 [0.15, 0.28]
3	Nurse manager ability, leadership, and support of nurses	3.10	0.77	2.13	0.79	0.35 [0.29, 0.43]
4	Staffing and resource adequacy	2.76	0.83	2.39	0.82	0.34 [0.28, 0.43]
5	Collegial nurse– physician relations	3.24	0.62	2.82	0.72	0.38 [0.30, 0.48]
6	Work environment composite score	3.07	0.56	2.50	0.56	0.16 [0.12, 0.22]

Abbreviations: Adj.OR, adjusted odds ratios, CI, confidence intervals; SD, standard deviation.

^aModels adjusted for: gender, age, race, education, unit type, hours per week, and region (all risk factors (p ≤ .200) for workplace bullying).