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Table A
Odds ratios relating workplace climate factors and other selected characteristics to physical assault by a patient over past 12 months, nurses providing direct care in hospitals or long-term care facilities, Canada, 2005
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| Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| from | to | ||
| Workplace climate factors | |||
| Staffing/Resource adequacy | |||
| First quartile (most adequate)† | 1.0 | … | … |
| Second quartile | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| Third quartile | 1.5* | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Fourth quartile (least adequate) | 2.1* | 1.7 | 2.6 |
| Nurse-physician working relations | |||
| First quartile (most favourable)† | 1.0 | … | … |
| Second quartile | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| Third quartile | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| Fourth quartile (least favourable) | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| Low supervisor support | |||
| Yes | 1.2* | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| No† | 1.0 | … | … |
| Low co-worker support | |||
| Yes | 1.4* | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| No† | 1.0 | … | … |
| Personal characteristics | |||
| Sex | |||
| Female | 0.6* | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Male† | 1.0 | … | … |
| Years of experience in nursing | |||
| Fewer than 5 | 1.3* | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| 5 to 9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| 10 to 14 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| 15 to 19† | 1.0 | … | … |
| 20 to 24 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| 25 to 29 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| 30 or more | 0.7* | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher in nursing | |||
| Yes | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| No† | 1.0 | … | … |
| General health | |||
| Good, very good or excellent† | 1.0 | … | … |
| Fair or poor | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| Mental health | |||
| Good, very good or excellent† | 1.0 | … | … |
| Fair or poor | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
| Job satisfaction | |||
| Very satisfied† | 1.0 | … | … |
| Somewhat satisfied | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| Somewhat dissatisfied | 1.5* | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| Very dissatisfied | 1.6* | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| Type of nurse | |||
| Registered nurse† | 1.0 | … | … |
| Licensed practical nurse | 1.3* | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Registered psychiatric nurse | 1.5* | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Job characteristics | |||
| Work setting | |||
| Hospital† | 1.0 | … | … |
| Long-term care facility | 1.6* | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Clinical area of employment | |||
| Medicine/Surgery | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Psychiatry/Mental health | 1.6* | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| Paediatrics | 0.5* | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Maternity/Newborn | 0.1* | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Geriatrics/Long-term care | 1.6* | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Critical care | 1.5* | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Ambulatory care | 0.5* | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Operating/Recovery room | 0.5* | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Emergency room | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
| Several clinical areas† | 1.0 | … | … |
| Oncology | 0.5* | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Rehabilitation | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| Palliative care | 1.4 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Other direct care | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| Work status | |||
| Full-time | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| Part-time† | 1.0 | … | … |
| Shift usually worked | |||
| Days† | 1.0 | … | … |
| Evenings | 1.7* | 1.3 | 2.1 |
| Nights | 1.8* | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| Mixed | 1.7* | 1.4 | 2.0 |
| Length of shift | |||
| 12 hours | 1.6* | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| Under 12 hours† | 1.0 | … | … |
| † reference category * significantly different from estimate for reference category (p < 0.05) Source: 2005 National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2009, "Factors related to on-the-job abuse of nurses by patients", Health Reports, Vol. 20, No. 2, catalogue number 82-003-X. |
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