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Table 4 Working conditions of the whole sample and three clusters

From: Stress, anxiety and depression in clinical nurses in Vietnam: a cross-sectional survey and cluster analysis

Work conditions

Whole sample (n = 600)

Cluster

Overall

Between clusters

1 (n = 105)

2 (n = 133)

3 (n = 362)

1 to 2

1 to 3

2 to 3

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

χ2

p

p

p

p

Wards

 Surgical wards

475

79.2

82

78.1

111

83.5

282

77.9

1.9

0.39

0.32

1.00

0.21

 Othersb

125

20.8

23

21.9

22

16.5

80

22.1

Management responsibility

 Yes

46

7.7

6

5.7

28

21.1

12

3.3

43.9

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.26

< 0.01

 No

554

92.3

99

94.3

105

78.9

350

96.7

Employment contract type

 Temporary

120

20.0

33

31.4

2

1.5

85

23.5

39.8

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.13

< 0.01

 Permanent

480

80.0

72

68.6

131

98.5

277

76.5

Care for severe patients

 Frequently

282

47.0

60

57.1

67

50.4

155

42.8

7.5

0.02

0.36

0.01

0.15

 Occasionally to none

318

53.0

45

42.9

66

49.6

207

57.2

Extra work out of responsibilities

 Frequently

97

16.2

23

21.9

28

21.1

46

12.7

8.1

0.02

0.88

0.03

0.03

 Occasionally to none

503

83.8

82

78.1

105

78.9

316

87.3

Work suitable for profession

 Not suitable

428

71.3

63

60.0

91

68.4

274

75.7

10.5

< 0.01

0.22

< 0.01

0.11

 Suitable

172

28.7

42

40.0

42

31.6

88

24.3

Work suitable for health

 Not suitable

349

58.2

46

43.8

72

54.1

231

63.8

14.5

< 0.01

0.12

< 0.01

0.06

 Suitable

251

41.8

59

56.2

61

45.9

131

36.2

Work suitable with income

 Not suitable

107

17.8

12

11.4

29

21.8

66

18.2

4.4

0.11

0.04

0.12

0.37

 Suitable

493

82.2

93

88.6

104

78.2

296

81.8

Self-assessment of work pressure

 High

472

78.7

91

86.7

110

82.7

271

74.9

8.4

0.02

0.47

0.01

0.07

 Normal to low

128

21.3

14

13.3

23

17.3

91

25.1

Opportunity to higher training

 Never

62

10.3

18

17.1

3

2.3

41

11.3

15

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.13

< 0.01

 Yes

538

89.7

87

82.9

130

97.7

321

88.7

Relationship with coworkers

 Normal to bad

235

39.2

67

63.8

43

32.3

125

34.5

32.6

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.67

 Good

365

60.8

38

36.2

90

67.7

237

65.5

Conflict with coworkers

 Yes

331

55.2

66

62.9

75

56.4

190

52.5

3.6

0.16

0.35

0.07

0.48

 Never

269

44.8

39

37.1

58

43.6

172

47.5

Relationship with supervisor

 Normal to bad

302

50.3

77

73.3

59

44.4

166

45.9

27.1

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.84

 Good

298

49.7

28

26.7

74

55.6

196

54.1

Conflict with supervisor

 Yes

108

18.0

29

27.6

36

27.1

43

11.9

23.2

< 0.01

1

< 0.01

< 0.01

 Never

492

82.0

76

72.4

97

72.9

319

88.1

Relationship with patients/customers

 Normal to bad

348

58.0

75

71.4

69

51.9

204

56.4

10.2

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.42

 Good

252

42.0

30

28.6

64

48.1

158

43.6

Intention to continue working at the hospital in the next 5 years

 Yes

567

94.5

97

92.4

129

97.0

341

94.2

2.56

0.28

0.12

0.49

0.25

 No

33

5.5

8

7.6

4

3.0

21

5.8

  1. ap from Chi square test for percentage comparison (two tailed)
  2. bThis group included preclinical wards and voluntary health examination department, rehabilitation center
  3. Italic: < 0.01, bolditalic: < 0.05