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Table 2
Adjusted odds ratios relating occupation to high work stress among health care providers, household population aged 18 to 75, Canada, 2003

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  Adjusted odds ratio 95% confidence interval
Specialist physician 2.8* 1.4 to 5.5
Registered nurse† 2.1* 1.6 to 2.8
Head nurse/Supervisor 2.1 1.0 to 4.3
General practitioner/Family physician 2.0* 1.1 to 3.7
Dentist 1.5 0.5 to 4.5
Registered nursing assistant 1.3 0.7 to 2.4
Medical lab technician 1.2 0.6 to 2.5
Radiation technologist 1.2 0.5 to 2.8
Occupational therapist 0.9 0.4 to 2.1
Ambulance attendant/Other paramedic 0.9 0.3 to 2.4
Pharmacist 0.8 0.4 to 1.8
Physiotherapist 0.7 0.4 to 1.2
Other aide 0.7 0.3 to 1.5
Dental assistant 0.6 0.3 to 1.3
Nurse aide/Orderly 0.5* 0.4 to 0.7
Dental hygienist 0.4* 0.2 to 0.8
Medical lab technologist/Pathologist's assistant 0.4* 0.2 to 0.9
† other than Head nurse/Supervisor
* significantly different from estimate for all other health care workers (p < 0.05)
Note: A separate model was fitted for each occupation; thus the odds ratios cannot be compared with each other. Each model was controlled for sex, age, general physical health, life stress, life satisfaction and self-employment (or not).
Data source: Statistics Canada, 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey, cycle 2.1.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, "Work stress among health care providers", Health Reports, Vol. 18, No. 4, catalogue number 82-003-XWE.
Date Modified: 2007-11-13

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