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Table 1 Causes of discomfort in the work environment and concordance indices

From: Causes of discomfort in the academic workplace and their associations with the different burnout types: a mixed-methodology study

 

%

k

SE

95% CI

prop

z

(p)

Physical environment

       

Settings

       

  Lighting

99.4

0.93

0.03

0.87 - 0.99

3.1

28.85

< 0.001

  Air conditioning

98.0

0.90

0.03

0.84 - 0.96

6.6

27.83

< 0.001

  Ventilation

98.8

0.87

0.03

0.80 - 0.93

3.2

26.85

< 0.001

  Noise

98.2

0.86

0.03

0.80 - 0.93

4.8

26.74

< 0.001

  Cleaning

98.8

0.77

0.03

0.71 - 0.84

1.9

23.97

< 0.001

  Chemicals

98.8

0.77

0.03

0.71 - 0.84

1.9

23.97

< 0.001

  Electricity

98.7

0.66

0.03

0.60 - 0.73

1.3

20.53

< 0.001

  Construction

99.1

0.87

0.03

0.80 - 0.93

2.4

26.84

< 0.001

  Space

96.6

0.80

0.03

0.73 - 0.86

5.9

24.63

< 0.001

Materials

       

  Facilities

96.9

0.63

0.03

0.57 - 0.70

2.9

19.59

< 0.001

  Media

99.3

0.94

0.03

0.88 - 1.00

3.8

29.20

< 0.001

  Furniture

99.1

0.84

0.03

0.78 - 0.90

2.0

25.99

< 0.001

  Protection

98.7

0.71

0.03

0.65 - 0.77

1.5

22.00

< 0.001

Journey/access

       

  Journey

99.3

0.94

0.03

0.88 - 1.00

3.8

29.20

< 0.001

  Access

99.4

0.75

0.03

0.69 - 0.81

0.8

23.17

< 0.001

Organizational

       

Work hours

       

  Excess

94.4

0.66

0.03

0.60 - 0.72

5.8

20.41

< 0.001

  Distribution

95.3

0.73

0.03

0.66 - 0.79

6.0

22.46

< 0.001

  Deadlines

98.5

0.90

0.03

0.83 - 0.96

5.2

27.72

< 0.001

  Workday

97.8

0.86

0.03

0.79 - 0.92

5.3

26.49

< 0.001

Structural

       

  Form

93.5

0.66

0.03

0.60 - 0.72

6.9

20.40

< 0.001

  Management

94.4

0.78

0.03

0.72 - 0.85

9.6

24.28

< 0.001

  Decisions

97.9

0.84

0.03

0.78 - 0.91

4.9

26.13

< 0.001

  Insecurity

95.9

0.87

0.03

0.81 - 0.93

11.9

26.98

< 0.001

  Incentives

97.5

0.84

0.03

0.78 - 0.91

5.6

26.12

< 0.001

  Control

96.2

0.81

0.03

0.74 - 0.87

6.9

24.94

< 0.001

Functional

       

  Administrative

96.5

0.85

0.03

0.79 - 0.92

8.4

26.39

< 0.001

  Role conflicts

93.8

0.64

0.03

0.58 - 0.70

6.1

19.79

< 0.001

  Role ambiguities

95.0

0.78

0.03

0.72 - 0.85

8.4

24.30

< 0.001

  Changes

97.5

0.66

0.03

0.60 - 0.72

2.5

20.39

< 0.001

  Education

99.1

0.83

0.03

0.77 - 0.89

1.9

25.72

< 0.001

  Routine

98.1

0.90

0.03

0.83 - 0.96

6.4

27.73

< 0.001

Interpersonal

       

  Competitiveness

96.9

0.78

0.03

0.71 - 0.84

4.9

24.05

< 0.001

  Work environment

92.8

0.80

0.03

0.74 - 0.86

13.9

24.76

< 0.001

  Harassment

97.2

0.76

0.03

0.70 - 0.82

4.1

23.53

< 0.001

  Irresponsibility

97.1

0.86

0.03

0.80 - 0.93

7.3

26.69

< 0.001

Individual

       

Workload

       

  Volume

91.9

0.68

0.03

0.62 - 0.75

9.5

21.20

< 0.001

  Psychological distress

93.8

0.85

0.03

0.79 - 0.91

16.5

26.29

< 0.001

  Somatic symptoms

97.5

0.89

0.03

0.83 - 0.96

8.4

27.64

< 0.001

Powerlessness

       

  Uncertainty

92.9

0.63

0.03

0.57 - 0.69

7.0

19.55

< 0.001

  Contingencies

96.6

0.60

0.03

0.53 - 0.66

2.9

18.45

< 0.001

  Balancing

96.5

0.83

0.03

0.77 - 0.89

7.2

25.66

< 0.001

Rewards

       

  Recognition

94.7

0.84

0.03

0.77 - 0.90

12.3

25.90

< 0.001

  Remuneration

98.1

0.87

0.03

0.81 - 0.93

5.1

26.99

< 0.001

Negligence

       

  Discouragement

93.2

0.72

0.03

0.65 - 0.78

8.9

22.19

< 0.001

  1. % = percentage of agreement between the 3 referees; k = generalized kappa (3 referees and 2 classification categories); SE = standard error; z (p) = contrast test relative to random classifier; 95% CI = confidence interval at 95%; prop = percentage of positive allocations to total allocations as a measure of prevalence. Global agreement between the 3 referees = 96.8%. Global Kappa =0.80 (95% CI = 0.79-0.81). Kappa homogeneity test: χ2 = 421.43 (df = 43); p < 0.001.
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