A causal model of job stress among Thai nurse-midwives

Sirinthip Boonduaylan; Wannee Deoisres; Chintana Wacharasin

doi:10.2478/fon-2022-0016

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A causal model of job stress among Thai nurse-midwives

Frontiers of Nursing

Volume 9 (2022): Issue 2 (June 2022)

By: Sirinthip Boonduaylan, Wannee Deoisres and Chintana Wacharasin

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|Aug 2022

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Model of job stress among Thai nurse-midwives.

Random sampling of hospitals and convenience sampling of participants by head nurses (H).

Table 1

The demographic characteristics of the participants (n = 272).

Characteristics	n	%
Age (years) (mean = 36.8, SD =10.14, minimum = 23, maximum = 60)
≤30 years	112	41.2
31–40 years	55	20.2
41–50 years	70	25.7
51–60 years	35	12.9
Marital status
Single	119	43.8
Married	138	50.7
Widowed/divorced/separated	15	5.5
Having children
No child	162	59.6
Having children	110	40.4
Education
Bachelor's degree in nursing	257	94.5
Master's degree (unspecified)	15	5.5
Work experience (years) (mean = 12.9, SD = 9.70, minimum = 1, maximum = 36)
≤10 years	149	54.8
11–20 years	57	21.0
21–30 years	48	17.6
≥31 years	18	6.6
Shift work
Day shift only	28	10.3
Rotating shift	244	89.7
Number of shifts/month (mean = 25.6, SD = 4.86, minimum = 20, maximum = 40)
20–25 shifts	172	63.3
26–30 shifts	16	5.9
31–35 shifts	76	27.9
>36 shifts	8	2.9
Knowledge and skills training in the past year
≤10 h/year	93	34.2
>10 h/year	179	65.8
Monthly income
≤20,000 baht	35	12.9
20,001–25,000 baht	35	12.9
25,001–30,000 baht	72	26.5
>30,001 baht	130	47.8

[i] Note: SD, standard deviation.

Table 2

Means, SDs and correlations for key variables (n = 272).

Variables		Mean	SD	Pearson's correlation coefficients (r)
Variables		Mean	SD	1	2	3	4
1	Job stress	35.6	9.98	1
2	Job demands	70.6	8.08	0.542^**	1
3	Job control	33.8	3.81	−0.163^**	−0.068	1
4	Job support	24.3	3.26	−0.202^**	−0.215^**	0.476^**	1

Note:

* P < 0.05;

** P < 0.01.

SDs, standard deviations.

Table 3

Model fitness indices between the hypothesized model and the modified model (n = 272).

Model	χ²	df	CMIN/df	GFI	AGFI	CFI	RMSEA
Model fit criterion	-	-	<3.0	>0.90	>0.90	≥0.90	≤0.05
Hypothesized	57.70	21	2.74	0.96	0.91	0.95	0.08
Modified model	57.76	22	2.62	0.96	0.91	0.95	0.07

[i] Note: CMIN/df = χ²/df.

[ii] AGFI, adjusted goodness of fit; CFI, comparative fit index; GFI, goodness of fit; RMSEA, root mean square error of approximation.

The modified model of job stress among Thai nurse-midwives.

Table 4

Parameter estimates of DE, IE, and TE of the modified model (n = 272).

Variables	Job control			Job support			Job stress
Variables	DE	IE	TE	DE	IE	TE	DE	IE	TE
Job demands	−0.19^*	-	−0.19^*	0.22^*	-	0.22^*	0.80^***	−0.01	0.79
Job control	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.22^*	-	0.22^*
Job support	0.69^***	-	0.69^***	-	-	-	-	0.15	0.15
	R² = 0.46			R² = 0.05			R² = 0.67

Note:

* P < 0.05,

** P < 0.01,

*** P < 0.001.

DE, direct; IE, indirect; TE, total effects.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368

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Language: English

Page range: 215 - 223

Submitted on: Mar 3, 2022

Accepted on: Apr 22, 2022

Published on: Aug 3, 2022

Published by: Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

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