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Table 5 Psychosocial job stressors and self-rated health, male doctors, random and fixed effect regression models, adjusted for all variables, MABEL, 2001 to 2008

From: The relationship between working conditions and self-rated health among medical doctors: evidence from seven waves of the Medicine In Australia Balancing Employment and Life (Mabel) survey

 

Random effects model

Fixed effect model

 

Obs = 12,123, ppl = 5130.

Obs = 854, ppl = 239.

 

OR

95% CI

p value

OR

95% CI

p value

Job demands

1

  

1

  

(1-low to 4-high)

1.58

1.33, 1.87

< 0.001

1.38

1.08, 1.78

0.009

Lack of social support

1

  

1

  

(1-low to 4-high)

1.05

0.92, 1.19

0.508

1.01

0.84, 1.22

0.882

Job insecurity

1

  

1

  

(1-low to 4-high)

1.06

0.90, 1.25

0.454

0.92

0.71, 1.20

0.547

Job control

1

  

1

  

(1-low to 4-high)

1.48

1.27, 1.72

< 0.001

1.31

1.05, 1.64

0.016

Rewards at work

1

  

1

  

(1-low to 4-high)

1.29

1.10, 1.51

0.002

1.04

0.82, 1.32

0.748

Work-life imbalance

1

  

1

  

(1-low to 4-high)

2.26

1.78, 1.70

< 0.001

1.75

1.27, 2.41

0.001

Family restrictions

1

  

1

  

(1-low to 4-high)

1.41

1.17, 1.71

< 0.001

1.09

0.82, 1.44

0.566

Workplace aggression

 No

1

  

1

  

 Yes

1.06

0.73, 4.54

0.775

1.07

0.76, 1.51

0.690

Working hours

 35–40

1

  

1

  

 Under 35

2.11

1.27, 3.54

0.01

1.13

0.52, 2.47

0.746

 Over 40

0.81

0.57, 1.16

0.254

1.2

0.73, 1.99

0.479

Age

1.23

1.00, 1.51

0.051

1.03

0.63, 1.69

0.897

On call working hours

 No

1

  

1

  

 Yes

0.98

.69, 1.39

0.915

0.98

0.57, 1.70

0.95

Medical specialisation

 GP

1

     

 Specialist

0.43

0.29, 0.64

< 0.001

   

 Hospital non-specialist

0.5

0.24, 1.03

0.059

   

 Specialist-in-training

0.69

0.38, 1.25

0.219

   

Partner/spouse

 No

1

  

1

  

 Yes

0.75

0.55, 1.01

0.062

0.67

0.23, 1.97

0.471

Presence of children

 No

1

  

1

  

 Yes

0.74

0.46, 1.19

0.214

0.66

0.18, 2.37

0.525

  1. Notes: controls for cohort, year, and year medical degree was completed. Average waves included was 2.4 in the random effects model and 3.6 in the fixed effect model. OR = Odds Ratio; 95% CI = Confidence Intervals with 95% significance; p value = statistical significance set at 95%
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