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Table 2 Factors associated with work place stress among health care professionals working in public health care facilities in Bahir Dar City, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2017

From: Workplace stress and associated factors among healthcare professionals working in public health care facilities in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017

Variable

Response

Work place stress

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Yes (%)

No (%)

Working health care facility

Hospital

94 (47.2)

105 (52.8)

0.772 (0.42, 1.41)

 

Health center

29 (53.7)

25 (46.3)

1

 

Sex

Male

62 (44.9)

76 (55.1)

1

 

Female

61 (53.0)

54 (47.0)

0.722 (0.44, 1.19)

 

Age

Up to 24 years

12 (60.0)

8 (40.0)

3.00 (1.05, 8.58)*

1.51 (0.45, 5.020)

25–29 years

50 (53.8)

43 (46.2)

2.33 (1.17, 4.61)*

1.84 (0.87, 3.89)

30–34 years

42 (50.6)

41 (49.4)

2.05 (1.02, 4.12)*

2.046 (0.97, 4.31)

≥ 35 years

19 (33.3)

38 (66.7)

1

1

Marital status

Married

57 (45.2)

69 (54.8)

1

 

Single

66 (52.0)

61 (48.0)

1.310 (0.80, 2.15)

 

Educational status

Bachelor’s degree

63 (40.9)

91 (59.1)

1

1

Diploma

34 (54.0)

29 (46.0)

1.693 (0.938, 3.056)

1.703 (0.904, 3.208)

Master’s degree

26 (72.2)

10 (27.8)

3.756 (1.693, 8.332)*

3.227 (1.358, 7.673)*

Profession/job category

Physicians

49 (49.0)

51 (51.0)

0.752 (0.442, 1.277)

1

Nurses/midwifery

52 (41.9)

72 (58.1)

3.271 (1.282, 8.345)*

0.794 (0.431, 1.460)

Others

22 (75.9)

7 (24.1)

1

2.499 (0.931, 6.707)

Working experience

½–5 years

37 (64.9)

20 (35.1)

2.37 (1.28, 4.37)*

2.11 (1.046, 4.260)*

> 5 years

86 (43.9)

110 (56.1)

1

1

Monthly income

< 174.22 USD

55 (57.3)

41 (42.7)

1.23 (0.60,2.51)

 

174.22–348.44 USD

45 (39.8)

68 (60.2)

0.60 (0.30, 1.22)

 

> 348.44 USD

23 (52.3)

21 (47.7)

1

 
  1. * Statistically significant at p < 0.05