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Table 4 Difficulties Detaching from Work and Health Outcomes among German Teachers

From: Difficulties detaching psychologically from work among German teachers: prevalence, risk factors and health outcomes within a cross-sectional and national representative employee survey

  

Outcome categories

Categories 1 vs. 2

Categories 1 vs. 3

   

Univariate

Multivariate

Univariate

Multivariate

1

2

3

OR (95%CI)

OR (95%CI)

OR (95%CI)

OR (95%CI)

Primary/Secondary school teachers (n = 906)

 Sleep disturbances

 

No (%)

Yes (%)

     

  Detachment difficulties

low

77.5

22.5

 

1

1

  
 

high

39.5

60.5

 

5.26 (3.93, 7.04)

4.73 (3.37, 6.64)

  

 Exhaustion

 

No (%)

1 symptom (%)

>  1 symptom (%)

    

  Detachment difficulties

low

44.5

19.3

36.3

1

1

1

1

 

high

15.4

16.1

68.4

2.41 (1.57, 3.70)

2.29 (1.40, 3.74)

5.44 (3.86, 7.66)

3.86 (2.59, 5.75)

 Psychosomatic complaints

 

No (%)

1 symptom (%)

>  1 symptom (%)

    

  Detachment difficulties

low

29.1

19.5

51.4

1

1

1

1

 

high

7.7

7.6

84.7

1.46 (0.82, 2.60)

1.05 (0.53, 2.09)

6.21 (4.05, 9.54)

4.42 (2.76, 7.08)

 Musculoskeletal complaints

 

No (%)

1 symptom (%)

>  1 symptom (%)

    

  Detachment difficulties

low

38.2

26.6

35.2

1

1

1

1

 

high

26.3

25.8

47.9

1.40 (0.99, 2.00)

1.25 (0.83, 1.88)

1.97 (1.44, 2.71)

1.52 (1.04, 2.24)

 Annual sick leave (days)

 

No (%)

1–5 days (%)

>  5 days (%)

    

  Detachment difficulties

low

35.9

37.1

27.0

1

1

1

1

 

high

25.6

32.5

41.9

1.23 (0.88, 1.72)

1.14 (0.77, 1.68)

2.18 (1.56, 3.04)

1.75 (1.19, 2.58)

Other teachers (n = 641)

 Sleep disturbances

 

No (%)

Yes (%)

     

  Detachment difficulties

low

81.4

18.6

 

1

1

  
 

high

49.5

50.5

 

4.48 (3.10, 6.47)

3.43 (2.27, 5.20)

  

 Exhaustion

 

No (%)

1 symptom (%)

>  1 symptom (%)

    

  Detachment difficulties

low

58.6

15.7

25.7

1

1

1

1

 

high

21.6

17.0

61.3

2.94 (1.74, 4.98)

2.70 (1.51, 4.83)

6.46 (4.26, 9.77)

4.19 (2.57, 6.82)

 Psychosomatic complaints

 

No (%)

1 symptom (%)

>  1 symptom (%)

    

  Detachment difficulties

low

44.6

18.2

37.1

1

1

1

1

 

high

14.4

10.3

75.2

1.75 (0.93, 3.29)

1.57 (0.77, 3.19)

6.27 (3.98, 9.87)

4.27 (2.56, 7.10)

 Musculoskeletal complaints

 

No (%)

1 symptom (%)

>  1 symptom (%)

    

  Detachment difficulties

low

43.0

23.3

33.6

1

1

1

1

 

high

28.9

21.6

49.5

1.38 (0.87, 2.20)

1.20 (0.69, 2.07)

2.19 (1.48, 3.25)

1.59 (1.01, 2.51)

 Annual sick leave (days)

 

No (%)

1–5 days (%)

>  5 days (%)

    

  Detachment difficulties

low

38.5

31.3

30.1

1

1

1

1

 

high

28.9

29.0

42.0

1.23 (0.80, 1.90)

1.37 (0.83, 2.26)

1.86 (1.24, 2.80)

1.43 (0.90, 2.29)

  1. Note. Imputed data set was used for analyses. 95% CI = 95% confidence interval. ‘low’ = never, rarely, sometimes, ‘high’ = often. ORs and corresponding 95% CIs in boldface are significant with p < .05. Multivariate models are adjusted for sex, age, organizational tenure, job tenure, leadership position, employment contract, weekly working hours, working weekends, telework, deadline/performance pressure, working very fast, prescribed performance standards, multitasking, work interruptions, emotional demands, colleague support, supervisor support, rewards (supervisor), noise, and distracting noise