Association between psychological distress and a sense of contribution to society in the workplace

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Results of models including sense of contribution and bonding*

Variables	Model 3**		Model 4**
	OR (95% CI)	p	OR(95% CI)	p
Sense of contribution to society
Never	2.27 (1.11-4.65)	0.03	2.03 (0.91-4.49)	0.08
Rarely	1.42 (0.83-2.43)	0.21	1.59 (0.88-2.87)	0.12
Often	1.17 (0.70-1.94)	0.55	1.45 (0.83-2.51)	0.19
Always	Ref		Ref
P for trend = 0.02			P for trend = 0.09
Sense of bonding with workplace
Never	1.71 (0.83-3.54)	0.15	0.94 (0.42-2.11)	0.88
Rarely	1.90 (1.05-3.47)	0.04	1.14 (0.60-2.19)	0.69
Often	1.38 (0.79-2.42)	0.26	1.03 (0.56-1.89)	0.92
Always	Ref		Ref
	P for trend = 0.03		P for trend = 0.90
Sex (female vs. male)	0.68 (0.50-0.95)	0.02	0.78 (0.55-1.11)	0.16
Age group
20-29 years	2.82 (1.74-4.58)	< 0.01	3.19 (1.87-5.44)	< 0.01
30-39 years	1.40 (0.89-2.19)	0.15	1.20 (0.73-1.97)	0.48
40-49 years	1.99 (1.28-3.10)	< 0.01	1.69 (1.04-2.73)	0.03
50-59 years	Ref		Ref
Job position (non-managerial vs. managerial)	1.01 (0.72-1.41)	0.96	1.07 (0.75 - 1.52)	0.73
Department
Administration	Ref		Ref
Sales	0.90 (0.59-1.38)	0.63	1.02 (0.65-1.61)	0.93
System engineering	1.20 (0.68-2.12)	0.53	1.32 (0.71-2.44)	0.38
Support from supervisors			0.88 (0.81-0.95)	< 0.01
Support from co-workers			0.98 (0.89-1.08)	0.67
Support from family			0.84 (0.77-0.92)	< 0.01
Quantitative workload			1.07 (0.99-1.15)	0.10
Qualitative workload			1.19 (1.09-1.31)	< 0.01
Job control latitude			0.84 (0.77-0.91)	< 0.01

*Results are based on multiple logistic regression analysis of models 3 and 4 including both senses of contribution to society and bonding with the workplace as explanatory variables.
**All adjusted variables are shown in the above table.
OR- odds ratio, CI- confidence interval.

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