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Table 5 Associations between health measures, and government employee category and work stressors – women

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

 

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

 

Betac

Betac

Betac

Betac

Betac

Betac

Incident Rate Ratioa

Incident Rate Ratioa

Government employee category

   Junior

-0.178

0.044

-0.015

-0.041

0.057

-0.030

0.970

0.807

   Intermediate

-0.138

-0.022

0.000

0.044

0.113

0.013

1.014

1.015

   Senior 1

-0.156

0.005

0.011

0.008

0.104

0.009

1.022

0.928

   Senior 2

-0.073

0.066

-0.119

-0.043

0.003

0.008

0.914

0.737*

Work stress measures

Job control

-0.049

0.120*

0.015

-0.099

-0.098

0.027

0.826***

0.864*

Manageable job demands

-0.123*

0.173**

0.141*

-0.245***

-0.265***

0.146*

0.852***

1.213**

Usual hours per week

0.004

-0.086

0.058

0.043

-0.023

-0.010

1.002

1.001*

Job security

-0.054

0.100

-0.076

-0.101

-0.095

0.159**

0.925

1.018

Skill discretion

-0.157*

0.139***

0.061

-0.310***

-0.111

0.273***

0.967**

0.994

ΔR 2 attributable to level & work stress

0.037*

0.083

0.033

0.150***

0.093***

0.121***

68.60b***

27.52b**

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