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Impact of sense of coherence on work ability: A cross-sectional study among Croatian nurses Cover

Impact of sense of coherence on work ability: A cross-sectional study among Croatian nurses

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|Jun 2022

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Results of univariate logistic regression analysis of association between selected factors and PWAI in the study of impact of SOC on WA of Croatian nurses (n=685-691)_

FactorCategory
OR95% CI for OR
ObservedReference (lower-upper)p
SOCS 0.977(0.968-0.986)<0.001
SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
Age >40 yearsYesNo4.338(2.926-6.430)<0.001
GenderFemaleMale2.383(1.162-4.887)0.018
Marital statusMarriedOther1.320(0.916-1.904)0.137
Educational levelBachelor of nursingSecondary school0.586(0.393-0.872)0.008
Master of nursingSecondary school0.121(0.016-0.909)0.040
Ongoing educationYesNo0.372(0.211-0.658)0.001

HEALTH BEHAVIOURS
Number of cigarettes1-500.531(0.171-1.654)0.275
>502.316(0.759-7.066)0.140
Physical activity (days per week)Maximum 2 daysEvery day/almost every day3.003(1.548-5.824)0.001
About 3 daysEvery day/almost every day3.063(1.506-6.229)0.002

WORK-RELATED FACTORS
Work length (years)1-20<10.531(0.171-1.654)0.275
>20<12.316(0.759-7.066)0.140
Department with special demandsYesNo1.412(0.922-2.161)0.112
Time getting to work (minutes)>30≤300.772(0.521-1.144)0.198
Transportation modeBy car onlyOther0.666(0.447-0.991)0.045
On foot onlyOther1.215(0.423-3.490)0.718

SELF-REPORTED HEALTH CONDITIONS
Injury from accidentsYesNo7.086(4.741-10.590)<0.001
Musculoskeletal diseasesYesNo9.969(6.611-15.033)<0.001
Cardiovascular diseasesYesNo6.177(3.997-9.547)<0.001
Respiratory diseasesYesNo3.113(1.948-4.975)<0.001
Mental disordersYesNo6.694(2.587-17.325)<0.001
Neurological and sensory diseasesYesNo8.769(4.852-15.849)<0.001
Digestive diseasesYesNo5.367(3.525-8.170)<0.001
Genitourinary diseasesYesNo3.069(1.812-5.198)<0.001
Skin diseasesYesNo2.909(1.645-5.145)<0.001
TumoursYesNo3.409(1.765-6.583)<0.001
Endocrine and metabolic diseasesYesNo2.902(1.843-4.572)<0.001
Blood diseases/birth defectsYesNo1.679(0.934-3.0190.083

Results of multivariate logistic regression analysis of the association between selected factors and PWAI in the study of impact of SOC on WA of Croatian nurses (n=657)_

FactorCategory
OR95% CI for OR
ObservedReference (lower-upper)p
SOCS 0.966(0.954-0.977)<0.001
Age >40 yearsYesNo2.991(1.739-5.147)<0.001
Musculoskeletal diseasesYesNo3.509(2.056-5.989)<0.001
Cardiovascular diseasesYesNo3.114(1.713-5.661)<0.001
Neurological and sensory diseasesYesNo4.398(1.992-9.711)<0.001
Injury from accidentsYesNo2.833(1.628-4.929)<0.001
Digestive diseasesYesNo2.299(1.300-4.067)0.004
Genitourinary diseasesYesNo2.121(1.036-4.344)0.040
Respiratory diseasesYesNo1.939(1.017-3.698)0.044

Characteristics of participants in the study of impact of sense of coherence on work ability of Croatian nurses (n=713)_

CharacteristicCategoryn%
SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
GenderFemale63088.4
Male8311.6
Age (years)≤4040857.3
>4030442.7
Marital statusMarried37152.1
Other34147.9
Level of educationSecondary school42960.2
Bachelor of nursing25635.9
Master of nursing283.9
Ongoing educationNo56479.2
Yes14820.8

HEALTH BEHAVIOURS
Number of cigarettes043761.3
1-5517.2
>522431.5
Physical activity (days per week)Maximum 2 days40957.4
About 3 days12317.3
Every day/almost every day18025.3

WORK-RELATED FACTORS
Work length (years)<1233.2
1-2039154.9
>2029941.9
Work departmentDepartment with special demands14620.6
Other56279.4
Time getting to work (minutes)≤3024133.9
>3046966.1
Transportation modeBy car only25235.7
On foot only192.7
Other43561.6

SELF-REPORTED HEALTH CONDITIONS
Injury from accidentsNo55077.1
Yes16322.9
Musculoskeletal diseasesNo49769.7
Yes21630.3
Cardiovascular diseasesNo59783.7
Yes11616.3
Respiratory diseasesNo62487.5
Yes8912.5
Mental disordersNo69297.1
Yes212.9
Neurological and sensory diseasesNo65491.7
Yes598.3
Digestive diseasesNo58682.2
Yes12717.8
Genitourinary diseasesNo64590.5
Yes689.5
Skin diseasesNo65792.1
Yes567.9
TumoursNo67494.5
Yes395.5
Endocrine and metabolic diseasesNo61185.7
Yes10214.3
Blood diseases/birth defectsNo65291.4
Yes618.6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2022-0022 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Language: English
Page range: 163 - 170
Submitted on: Feb 3, 2022
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Accepted on: May 24, 2022
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Published on: Jun 28, 2022
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2022 Martina Smrekar, Lijana Zaletel-Kragelj, Alenka Franko, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
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