General health and working conditions of Flemish primary care professionals

Buffel, Veerle; Sirimsi, Muhammed Mustafa; De Vriendt, Patricia; Van de Velde , Dominique; Lahousse, Lies

doi:10.1186/s12875-023-02082-w

BMC Primary Care

Table 2 Logistic regression analyses: Sociodemographic and job characteristics and working conditions related to ‘having a good general health’ (0/1) among primary health care professionals

From: General health and working conditions of Flemish primary care professionals

	OR	p		AOR	p
Sex (ref. men)
Women	0.882	0.650		0.898	0.748
Age (ref. 21–35 years old)		0.147			0.261
36–50 years old	0.606	0.067	a	0.614	0.112
51–75 years old	0.626	0.103		0.637	0.207
Migration background (ref. born in Belgium)
Born outside Belgium	0.454	0.096	a	0.258	0.014	*
Highest educational level (ref. university studies)		0.001	***		0.129	*
Secondary school or less	0.234	0.005	**	0.481	0.338
Non-university higher education (short type)	0.442	0.001	***	0.500	0.105
Non-university higher education (long type)	1.239	0.668		1.328	0.635
Or short university study (only bachelor)
Household structure (ref. couple with children at home)		0.496			0.067	a
Couple without children at home	1.361	0.245		1.489	0.179
Living together but not with partner	0.782	0.512		0.471	0.081	a
Living alone	1.216	0.594		1.547	0.292
Profession (ref. GP)		0.009	**		0.403
(home) Nurse	0.449	0.052	a	0.943	0.928
Physiotherapist	2.973	0.109		5.733	0.022	*
Dietician
Podiatrist	0.324	0.087	a	0.617	0.546
Midwife
Psychologist	0.517	0.200		0.617	0.427
Dentist	0.378	0.180		0.385	0.251
Social worker	0.402	0.027	*	0.922	0.914
Occupational therapist	0.432	0.137		0.830	0.825
Pharmacist	3.000	0.305		4.028	0.221
Family care assistent	0.108	0.008	**	0.590	0.667
Speech therapist	0.459	0.277		1.361	0.720
Care supporting staff	1.622	0.655		1.801	0.620
Other	1.103	0.866		1.228	0.796
Organizational setting (ref. group-multidisciplinary)		0.010	**		0.825
Group-monodisciplinary	1.355	0.455		1.594	0.329
Solo	0.817	0.592		1.099	0.846
At home of the patients	0.505	0.053	a	0.794	0.593
Social service center	0.449	0.022	*	0.922	0.871
Other	0.366	0.027	*	0.874	0.798
Type of contract/ employment arrangement (ref. self-employed)		0.048	*		0.486
Employed with unlimited contract	0.660	0.082	a	0.803	0.612
Mix (employed and self-employed)	1.504	0.322		1.483	0.421
Working hours (ref. fulltime)		0.215			0.209
Parttime	0.930	0.772		0.902	0.725
More than fulltime (> = 40 h. a week)	1.518	0.162		1.902	0.125
Work life balance	1.390	0.001	***	1.452	0.006	**
Perceived job security	1.340	0.010	**	1.248	0.105
Proper rewards	1.353	0.002	**	1.331	0.030	*
Career opportunities	1.232	0.050	*	0.953	0.735
Perceived employability	1.388	0.001	***	1.345	0.012	*
Supportive relations with colleagues	1.631	0.001	***	1.283	0.180
Job recognition	1.485	0.001	***	1.198	0.209
Work engagement	1.929	0.001	***	1.437	0.117

OR oddsratio; AOR = adjusted oddsratio: adjusted for educational level. type of profession. organizational setting. type of contract. all employment quality scales and work engagement; p = p-value: ^a p < 0.1 (marginally significant); * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** 0.001; N = 826

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