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Table 3 Association between likelihood to quit and providers’ characteristics (N=755)

From: The retention of health human resources in primary healthcare centers in Lebanon: a national survey

  

Likelihood to quit

P-value

Likely

Not sure

Unlikely

N

%

N

%

N

%

Burnout

EE

Low

136

32.5%

58

13.9%

224

53.6%

<0.001

Moderate

50

40.3%

19

15.3%

55

44.4%

High

94

57.0%

18

10.9%

53

32.1%

PA

Low

159

34.9%

62

13.6%

234

51.4%

0.010

Moderate

57

49.1%

16

13.8%

43

37.1%

High

63

47.7%

16

12.1%

53

40.2%

DP

Low

175

35.2%

72

14.5%

250

50.3%

0.002

Moderate

50

45.5%

13

11.8%

47

42.7%

High

55

56.1%

9

9.2%

34

34.7%

Training/Education

Education

High school or lower /vocational/ diploma

45

42.1%

13

12.1%

49

45.8%

0.045

Nursing degree

71

34.3%

24

11.6%

112

54.1%

University degree

55

52.4%

16

15.2%

34

32.4%

Medical degree

44

35.5%

21

16.9%

59

47.6%

Medical Specialty

68

38.2%

23

12.9%

87

48.9%

Number of years since graduation

10 years or less

142

44.8%

55

17.4%

120

37.9%

<0.001

11-20 years

75

40.5%

22

11.9%

88

47.6%

21-30 years

48

32.4%

14

9.5%

86

58.1%

More than 30 years

12

21.4%

5

8.9%

39

69.6%

Number of years working in primary care centers

Six months to 1 year

41

45.1%

16

17.6%

34

37.4%

0.003

1-5 years

113

43.1%

39

14.9%

110

42.0%

6-10 years

69

41.6%

21

12.7%

76

45.8%

More than 10 years

61

29.9%

21

10.3%

122

59.8%

Socio-economic variables

Age

18-25

40

48.8%

15

18.3%

27

32.9%

0.001

26-35

97

44.3%

32

14.6%

90

41.1%

36-45

86

43.2%

24

12.1%

89

44.7%

46-55

49

27.7%

20

11.3%

108

61.0%

>55

13

31.0%

4

9.5%

25

59.5%

Marital status

Single

98

45.6%

40

18.6%

77

35.8%

0.001

Married

174

36.9%

51

10.8%

247

52.3%

Other

11

31.4%

6

17.1%

18

51.4%

Children

No

135

44.6%

54

17.8%

114

37.6%

<0.001

Yes

150

35.6%

43

10.2%

228

54.2%

Work-related variables

Current position in PHC

Generalist

59

36.4%

25

15.4%

78

48.1%

0.025

Medical specialist

61

39.6%

22

14.3%

71

46.1%

Nurse

88

36.2%

29

11.9%

126

51.9%

Allied health professionals

51

45.9%

8

7.2%

52

46.8%

Other professional

26

48.1%

13

24.1%

15

27.8%

Number of years working in this PHC

Six months to 1 year

58

43.6%

23

17.3%

52

39.1%

0.003

1-5 years

136

42.1%

48

14.9%

139

43.0%

6-10 years

52

37.1%

14

10.0%

74

52.9%

More than 10 years

33

28.7%

10

8.7%

72

62.6%

Number of work hours per week

1-10 hours

71

41.5%

31

18.1%

69

40.4%

0.013

11-30 hours

30

30.6%

17

17.3%

51

52.0%

More than 30 hours

85

38.8%

19

8.7%

115

52.5%

Living arrangements

Travel time

Less than 15 minutes

97

32.3%

40

13.3%

163

54.3%

0.015

15-30 minutes

119

44.7%

37

13.9%

110

41.4%

More than 30 minutes

69

43.9%

20

12.7%

68

43.3%

Feel as part of the community

Yes

235

37.4%

87

13.8%

307

48.8%

0.023

No

21

60.0%

2

5.7%

12

34.3%

Not sure

29

50.9%

8

14.0%

20

35.1%