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Table 4 Psychosocial risk factors and Quality of life comparison among male and female healthcare workers

From: The relationship between psychosocial risk factors, burnout and quality of life among primary healthcare workers in rural Guangdong province: a cross-sectional study

Scales

Male

Female

P valuea

M ± SD (n = 444)

M ± SD (n = 429)

COPSOQ Scales

 Demands

  Quantitative demands

61.82 ± 16.86

57.69 ± 15.88

< 0.001

  Emotional demands

60.08 ± 19.95

52.79 ± 19.02

< 0.001

  Demands for hiding emotions

75.84 ± 21.01

71.94 ± 22.26

0.008

  Work conflicts and privacy

58.41 ± 23.11

49.51 ± 24.50

< 0.001

 Influence and development

  Influence at work

39.78 ± 20.76

31.03 ± 19.95

< 0.001

  Degree of freedom at work

34.63 ± 31.34

30.94 ± 30.83

0.080

  Possibilities for development

54.64 ± 18.62

49.61 ± 18.23

< 0.001

  Meaning of work

55.69 ± 25.42

50.82 ± 23.53

0.003

 Interpersonal relations and leadership

  Predictability

39.44 ± 26.43

31.56 ± 26.90

< 0.001

  Role-clarity

63.22 ± 17.47

60.66 ± 16.76

0.028

  Role-conflict

54.73 ± 23.34

48.86 ± 22.93

< 0.001

  Quality of leadership

42.78 ± 28.81

40.38 ± 26.98

0.205

  Social support

59.42 ± 18.87

62.17 ± 17.34

0.025

  Feedback

55.20 ± 19.53

53.57 ± 18.44

0.203

  Social Relations

63.24 ± 1.54

63.85 ± 14.53

0.567

  Sense of community

55.47 ± 14.21

55.10 ± 12.77

0.687

 Further parameters

  Job insecurity

39.95 ± 24.24

38.15 ± 25.56

0.286

 Strain (effect Outcome scales)

  Intention to leave

23.48 ± 21.17

21.15 ± 21.15

0.104

  Job satisfaction

47.71 ± 17.99

51.57 ± 15.68

0.001

  Burnout

59.86 ± 18.04

57.03 ± 16.18

0.015

  Cognitive stress

65.20 ± 18.66

68.24 ± 21.85

0.027

  General health

68.04 ± 22.36

67.62 ± 19.46

0.768

 QoL Domains

  Physical domain

43.72 ± 11.72

42.38 ± 9.22

0.060

  Psychosocial domain

46.39 ± 15.14

47.89 ± 13.72

0.124

  Social domain

58.03 ± 16.51

59.01 ± 14.97

0.358

  Environmental domain

46.52 ± 18.27

46.53 ± 15.69

0.997

Self - evaluation of Qol

50.00 ± 21.43

54.20 ± 15.97

0.001

  1. a Independent sample t-test; SD standard deviation, n Number of respondents, M Mean