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Table 8 Predictors of job stress

From: The relationship between job stress and the perception of patient safety culture among Palestinian hospital nurses

Predictor

B

b

t

p-value

95.0% confidence interval

VIF

Lower

upper

Constant

37.091

 

5.139

< 0.001

22.894

51.288

 

Gender

-3.227

− 0.107

-2.123

0.034*

-6.217

− 0.238

1.148

Income

0.427

0.015

0.280

0.780

-2.574

3.427

1.353

Academic Level

4.465

0.149

2.856

0.005*

1.390

7.540

1.250

Hospital type

-2.097

− 0.097

-1.802

0.072

-4.386

0.192

1.314

Experience in the current unit

0.076

0.004

0.090

0.929

-1.587

1.739

1.080

Primary unit or work area in this hospital

-1.203

− 0.057

-1.197

0.232

-3.179

0.773

1.042

Whether the hospital performs activities for nurses to relieve job stress

5.435

0.137

2.581

0.010*

1.293

9.578

1.280

Whether the hospital performs activities to improve the PSC

5.441

0.180

3.376

< 0.001*

2.271

8.612

1.302

Unit/work area rating on patient safety

-3.713

− 0.265

-5.187

< 0.001*

-5.121

-2.305

1.191

  1. B and b = unstandardized and standardized coefficients, respectively; R = 0.505; R Square = 0.255; Adjusted R Square = 0.235, F = 12.923, df = 9, p < 0.001
  2. *Significance levelp < 0.05