The impact of employee level and work stress on mental health and GP service use: an analysis of a sample of Australian government employees

Table 4 Associations between health measures, and government employee category and work stressors – men

	Health measure
Predictor variables:	Self-rated health	SF-12 Mental health	SF-12 Physical health	Goldberg Depression	Goldberg Anxiety	Positive Affect	Negative Affect	GP services obtained
	Beta^c	Beta^c	Beta^c	Beta^c	Beta^c	Beta^c	Incident Rate Ratio^a	Incident Rate Ratio^a
Government employee category
Junior	-0.033	0.161*	-0.014	0.029	-0.038	0.137*	1.011	0.492***
Intermediate	-0.002	0.115	-0.183	0.096	0.021	-0.034	1.029	0.742
Senior 1	0.017	0.027	-0.151	0.141	0.040	-0.032	1.049	0.864
Senior 2	0.036	0.089	-0.120	0.112	0.078	-0.008	1.032	0.797
Work stress measures
Job control	-0.060	0.031	0.019	-0.022	-0.016	0.082	0.966	0.808*
Manageable job demands	0.010	0.150**	0.037	-0.145**	-0.245***	0.019	0.879***	1.018
Usual hours per week	0.066	-0.047	-0.013	0.103	0.050	0.009	1.002	0.982***
Job security	-0.180***	0.193***	0.007	-0.171**	-0.154**	0.125**	0.942*	0.868**
Skill discretion	-0.171**	0.302***	0.024	-0.247***	-0.237***	0.398***	0.792***	0.766**
ΔR ² attributable to level & work stress	0.085***	0.176***	0.016	0.134***	0.152***	0.228***	75.77^b***	91.20^b***

All analyses controlling for age, education, household responsibilities, and life events in past 6 months
a Incidence Rate Ratio from negative binomial or Poisson regression
b Chi-square estimate of the improvement in fit of regression model due to employee level and work stress factors.
c Standardised Beta
* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001

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