Research Article

Occupational Stress among Operation Room Clinicians at Ethiopian University Hospitals

Table 2

Binary logistic regression analysis: factors associated with occupational stress among operation room clinicians in UoGCSH and TGSH, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021 (N = 388).

VariablesOccupational stressOdds ratio
No, n (%)Yes, n (%)COR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)

Age
 <251 (10.0)9 (90.0)4.1 (0.5–35.3)2.2 (0.2–21.6)
 25–2933 (16.4)168 (83.6)2.3 (1.1–4.7)1.4 (0.6–3.2)
 30–3435 (27.1)94 (72.9)1.2 (0.6–2.5)0.9 (0.4–2.1)
 >3515 (31.3)33 (68.8)11

Monthly salary (ETB)
 <50003 (13.6)21 (86.4)2.6 (0.8–9.3)1.2 (0.3–5.5)
 5000–1000041 (19.4)177 (80.6)1.6 (1.0–2.7)0.8 (0.4–1.6)
 >1000040 (27.4)106 (72.6)11

Educational status
 Diploma or Bachelors’ degree47 (17.9)215 (82.1)1.9 (1.2–3.1)1.3 (0.6–2.8)
 Masters’ degree and above37 (29.4)89 (70.6)11

Use of recreational substance
 Yes26 (57.8)19 (42.2)1.4 (0.8–2.4)2.1 (1.1–3.8)
 No58 (23.8)186 (76.2)11

Profession
 Anesthetist10 (13.0)67 (87.0)2.7 (1.3–5.6)4.1 (1.7–10.0)
 Nurses20 (16.5)101 (83.5)2.0 (1.1–3.6)4.0 (1.7–9.7)
 Surgical staff54 (28.4)136 (71.6)11

Working shifts
 Fixed66 (25.3)195 (74.7)11
 Rotating18 (14.2)109 (85.8)1.9 (1.1–3.4)2.1 (1.1–4.2)

Working hours per week
 <5050 (26.0)142 (74.0)11
 50–6514 (22.2)49 (77.8)1.2 (0.6–2.4)1.4 (0.7–2.9)
 66–8010 (18.2)45 (81.8)1.6 (0.7–3.4)2.3 (0.9–5.4)
 >8010 (12.8)68 (87.2)2.4 (1.1–5.0)3.3 (1.5–7.4)

Permanent work contract
 Yes58 (24.2)182 (75.8)11
 No26 (17.6)122 (82.4)1.5 (0.9–2.3)1.8 (0.9–3.5)

: Significant in the multivariate binary logistic regression analysis (p-value <0.05). AOR: adjusted odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, COR: crudes odds ratio, ETB: Ethiopian Birr (currency: 1 USD = 49.7 ETB).