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Table 4 Association between factor score of work type and respondents’ characteristics

From: A self-reported measurement scale on a potential component of competency in the healthcare staff engaged in the prevention and control of non-communicable disease in Fiji

 

Work management (Factor 1)

Monitoring & evaluation (Factor 2)

Community partnership (Factor 3)

Community diagnosis (Factor 4)

Parameter estimate

SE

p

Parameter estimate

SE

p

Parameter estimate

SE

p

Parameter estimate

SE

p

Social status

Sex (male = 1; female = 2)

−0.88

0.67

0.29

−0.65

0.66

0.59

−0.75

0.63

0.36

−0.40

0.61

0.54

Age (continuous variable; per + 10 years)

− 0.57

0.33

0.21

− 0.62

0.35

0.44

0.31

0.32

0.08

−0.29

0.33

0.40

Marital status

Married

0 (ref.)

0.06

0 (ref.)

0.06

 

  

 

Not married

−1.00

0.52

 

−1.14

0.52

  

  

 

Academic degree

Certificate college

 

  

  

 

0 (ref.)

0.01

Diploma

 

  

  

 

−2.14

1.36

 

Bachelor’s degree

 

  

  

 

−3.44

1.42

 

Others

 

  

  

 

−0.81

1.58

 

Ethnic background

iTaukei

 

 

0 (ref.)

0.01

 

  

 

Fijian of Indian descent

 

 

0.50

0.80

  

  

 

Fijian of other descent

 

 

−3.57

1.41

  

  

 

Religion

Christian

 

 

0 (ref.)

0.07

0 (ref.)

0.03

 

 

Hindu

 

 

−1.89

0.87

 

−1.12

0.51

  

 

Others

 

 

2.23

1.29

 

−1.88

1.11

  

 

Working situation

Working place

Health center

 

  

  

 

0 (ref.)

0.06

Hospital

 

  

  

 

−1.20

0.50

 

Nursing station

 

  

  

 

−1.29

0.81

 

Others

 

  

  

 

−0.47

0.74

 

Health Professional qualification

 

  

  

  

 
  1. The independent variables were selected by stepwise procedure with a p value of < 0.10 for entry and removal of all the variables of social status and working situation; sex and age were forced to enter into the model
  2. Sex and age were forced to enter into the multivariable model
  3. SE: standard error
  4. -: the variable was not selected by stepwise procedure