Work-related stress and intention to leave among midwives working in Swiss maternity hospitals – a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Differences regarding work-related stress between midwives and other healthcare professionals

	midwives¹			all health prof.			nursing staff²			K-W test	physicians³			K-W test	medical-technical prof.⁴			K-W test	medical-therapeutic prof.⁵			K-W test
	n=98			n=3280			n=1806			K-W test	n=294			K-W test	n=215			K-W test	n=225			K-W test
	Mdn	M	SD	Mdn	M	SD	Mdn	M	SD	1 vs. 2	Mdn	M	SD	1 vs. 3	Mdn	M	SD	1 vs. 4	Mdn	M	SD	1 vs. 5
meaning of work	100	89.4	12.8	87.5	82.6	16.4	87.5	83.0	15.9	3.9***	87.5	82.5	18.2	3.3**	87.5	84.0	16.2	2.9**	75	79.7	15.7	5.3***
bond with the organisation	62.5	59.4	17.5	62.5	59.7	20.1	62.5	57.9	20.1	.9	62.5	59.9	19.0	.0	62.5	63.8	18.4	1.7	62.5	60.4	17.8	.2
work – privacy conflict	37.5	37.0	17.4	30	32.3	21.8	30	33.1	21.4	2.2*	50	50.2	22.2	4.2***	25	25.5	18.7	4.9***	20	23.0	17.8	5.9***
demarcation	25	32.5	20.2	37.5	34.9	22.2	37.5	33.3	21.1	.3	50	49.6	25.1	5.7***	37.5	36.9	22.3	1.6	25	31.9	21.7	.2
job satisfaction	70.8	68.4	11.0	70.8	68.8	14.9	70.8	67.6	14.	.3	70.8	72.1	15.5	2.2*	70.8	69.7	14.0	.9	70.8	71.6	13.8	2.2*
intention to leave the organisation	25	23.4	22.5	25	22.3	23.5	25	23.0	23.1	.3	25	24.3	24.8	.1	25	18.9	22.9	2.1*	25	21.2	22.7	.8
intention to leave the profession	12.5	17.0	20.2	0	17.3	22.3	25	18.9	22.5	.7	0	15.8	21.3	.6	0	12.9	20.7	2.2*	0	12.7	19.2	1.9

1 = midwives, 2 = nursing staff, 3 = physicians, 4 = medical-technical professionals, 5 = medical-therapeutic professionals, all scales are scored from 0 (minimum value) to 100 (maximum value). n= number of cases, Mdn Median, M mean, SD standard deviation, standardised test statistics of Kruskal-Wallis test adjusted by the Bonferroni correction for multiple tests between midwives and other healthcare professionals at the level *p ≤ .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001

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