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Table 5 Job dissatisfaction by partial, full, and combined occupational stress models. Health workers, Bahia, Brazil, 2012

From: Occupational stress and job dissatisfaction with health work

Exposure types

Job dissatisfaction

 

n

P (%)

PR

CI (95%)

PR*

CI (95%)*

Demand-control (DC) model and social support at work

 DC and social support without exposure

73

13.8

*

 

*

 

 Exposure in DC

64

26.2

1.89

1.41–2.56

1.80

1.29–2.52

 Exposure in social support

224

22.9

1.66

1.30–2.11

1.60

1.23–2.09

 Exposure in DC and social support

355

37.4

2.70

2.15–3.96

2.70

2.10–3.47

Effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and overcommitment (OC)

 ERI and OC without exposure

109

15.2

*

 

*

 

 Exposure in ERI

239

26.5

1.74

1.42–2.14

1.69

1.33–2.13

 Exposure in OC

51

24.8

1.63

1.2–2.19

1.37

0.95–1.96

 Exposure in ERI and OC

376

33.2

2.19

1.8–2.65

2.05

1.65–2.56

Combined models

 DC and ERI without exposure

84

14.1

*

 

*

 

 Exposure only in DC

74

25.8

1.82

1.38–2.41

2.17

1.56–3.01

 Exposure only in ERI

221

22.4

1.59

1.26–1.99

1.75

1.33–2.30

 Exposure in DC and ERI

364

38.2

2.69

2.18–3.34

2.93

2.26–3.80

  1. *Adjustment for gender, educational level, income, employment bond, and activities compatible with the position