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Table 2 Odds ratios (OR) and 95% CIs for the associations of occupational stress factors and psychological problems with skin complaints and skin disorder categories

From: Are skin disorders related to work strain in hospital workers? A cross-sectional study

 

Skin complaints -12 month prevalence

Skin disorders- point prevalence

Individual

and job characteristics

Hand complaints

(436 cases)

Complaints in other body parts

(604 cases)

Any complaint

(730 cases)

Hand dermatitis

(138 cases)

Dermatitis in other parts

(100 cases)

 

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

 

Model Ia

Model I

Model I

Model I

Model I

Job control

0.97 (0.94 - 1.00)

0.96 (0.93 - 0.98)

0.97 (0.94 - 1.00)

0.93 (0.89-0.98)

0.92 (0.87-0.98)

Job demands

1.09 (1.05 - 1.14)

1.12 (1.08 - 1.16)

1.12 (1.08 - 1.16)

1.15 (1.07-1.23)

1.14 (1.06-1.23)

Social support

0.90 (0.87 - 0.93)

0.92 (0.88 - 0.94)

0.91 (0.88 - 0.94)

0.86 (0.83-0.90)

0.89 (0.84-0.94)

High strain

1.54 (1.20 - 1.98)

1.76 (1.40 -2.22)

1.62 (1.29 -2.03)

1.98 (1.37.2.87)

2.16 (1.42-3.30)

High iso-strain

1.66 (1.27 - 2.19)

1.91 (1.48 - 2.46)

1.77 (1.37 - 2.28)

2.22 (1.50-3.29)

2.81 (1.82-4.33)

Depression

2.50 (1.99 - 3.14)

2.13 (1.72 - 2.64)

2.21 (1.78 - 2.73)

1.27 (1.18- 1.36)

1.29 (1.19-1.40)

Anxiety

2.29 (1.81 - 2.89)

2.02 (1.63 - 2.52)

2.09 (1.69 - 2.60)

1.24 (1.16-1.32)

1.24 (1.16-1.33)

 

Model IIb

Model II

Model II

Model II

Model II

Job control

0.97 (0.94 - 1.01)

0.95 (0.92 - 0.99)

0.97 (0.94 - 1.00)

0.93 (0.88-0.98)

0.94 (0.88-0.99)

Job demands

1.08 (1.04 - 1.13)

1.11 (1.07 - 1.16)

1.11 (1.07 - 1.16)

1.13 (1.06-1.22)

1.14 (1.05-1.24)

Social support

0.90 (0.87 - 0.94)

0.91 (0.88 - 0.94)

0.91 (0.88 - 0.94)

0.87 (0.82-0.91)

0.90 (0.85-0.95)

High strain

1.50 (1.16 -2.95)

1.79 (1.40 -2.29)

1.64 (1.29 -2.09)

1.91 (1.29-2.91)

2.03 (1.31-3.15)

High iso-strain

1.56 (1.17-2.07)

1.89 (1.45 - 2.48)

1.74 (1.33 - 2.28)

2.07 (1.37-3.11)

2.62 (1.67-4.11)

Depression

1.90 (1.72 - 2.80)

1.93 (1.53 - 2.43)

1.98 (1.57 - 2.49)

2.57 (1.77-3.73)

2.61 (1.70-4.03)

Anxiety

2.04 (1.59 - 2.61)

1.90 (1.51 - 2.41)

1.95 (1.55 - 2.46)

2.54 (1.75-3.68)

2.65 (1.72-4.09)

  1. a Model I: Univariate associations; b Model II: adjusted for age, gender, occupation, glove use, and probable atopy.
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