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Table 5 Psychosocial work factors, by the proportion of respondents who had stopped smoking at follow-up. In Norwegian nurses' aides.

From: Work factors and smoking cessation in nurses' aides: a prospective cohort study

  

Stopped smoking

 

Baseline work characteristics

N

n

Row %

P

Quantitative work demands

   

0.320

1

537

54

10.1

 

2

275

36

13.1

 

3

529

49

9.3

 

4

496

51

10.3

 

5

390

32

8.2

 

Positive challenges

   

0.237

1

304

38

12.5

 

2

605

62

10.2

 

3

452

43

9.5

 

4

371

27

7.3

 

5

490

52

10.6

 

Role conflicts

   

0.276

1

355

39

11.0

 

2

497

41

8.2

 

3

325

41

12.6

 

4

670

67

10.0

 

5

373

33

8.8

 

Control of work pace

   

0.903

1

361

36

10.0

 

2

603

56

9.3

 

3

325

34

10.5

 

4

566

61

10.8

 

5

369

34

9.2

 

Participation in important decisions

   

0.459

1

340

31

9.1

 

2

651

67

10.3

 

3

322

34

10.6

 

4

268

19

7.1

 

5

640

70

10.9

 

Fairness of immediate superior's leadership

   

0.302

1

510

50

9.8

 

2

197

20

10.2

 

3

654

66

10.1

 

4

265

17

6.4

 

5

596

67

11.2

 

Support from immediate superior

   

0.992

1

402

41

10.2

 

2

561

56

10.0

 

3

279

27

9.7

 

4

440

41

9.3

 

5

543

55

10.1

 

Social climate

   

0.969

1

372

40

10.8

 

2

452

44

9.7

 

3

405

40

9.9

 

4

399

37

9.3

 

5

596

61

10.2

 

Feedback about quality of one's work

   

0.258

Never or very seldom

357

44

12.3

 

Rather seldom

434

48

11.1

 

Sometimes

724

61

8.4

 

Rather often

497

50

10.1

 

Very often or always

203

17

8.4

 

Rewards for well-done work

   

0.742

Not at all or very little

991

105

10.6

 

Rather little

334

34

10.2

 

Some

497

42

8.5

 

Rather much

290

30

10.3

 

Very much

93

8

8.6

 

Exposure to threats and violence at work

   

0.851

Never or very seldom

1302

132

10.1

 

Rather seldom

286

29

10.1

 

Sometimes

391

36

9.2

 

Rather often

187

21

11.2

 

Very often or always

60

4

6.7

 

Exposure to bullying at work previous 6 months

   

0.067

No

2119

217

10.2

 

Yes

106

5

4.7

 
  1. N = Total number if respondents in each category; n = number of cases in each category. Row % = proportion of cases in each category. The total number of individuals included in these analyses was somewhat lower than the number of individuals who responded to the questionnaire, because not all respondents answered all questions. Index divided into quintiles; the lowest quintile is marked with 1, and corresponds with the lowest level of the index. Hence, in some variables (e.g. control of work pace), category "1" represents an unfortunate situation, and in other variables (role conflicts and quantitative work demands), it represents a positive situation.