Research Article

Job Strain and Self-Reported Insomnia Symptoms among Nurses: What about the Influence of Emotional Demands and Social Support?

Table 3

Crude and adjusted OR for the association between Demand-Control-Support Models, and self-reported insomnia symptoms, based on multivariate logistic regression tests. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2011.

Models of job stress With insomnia symptomsOR crudeMultivariate model 1Multivariate model 2Multivariate model 3
%

Job strain
 Low-strain23127.41.01.01.01.0
 Passive20632.31.32 (1.04–1.68)1.32 (1.03–1.68)1.33 (1.04–1.70)1.33 (1.04–1.71)
 Active26936.51.63 (1.30–2.05)1.75 (1.38–2.20)1.75 (1.39–2.21)1.69 (1.33–2.15)
 High-strain32742.41.99 (1.60–2.49)2.20 (1.75–2.77)2.22 (1.76–2.80)2.20 (1.74–2.78)
Job strain + social support
 Low-strain + high support38629.71.01.01.01.0
 Low-strain + low support31435.01.19 (0.82–1.17)1.17 (0.81–1.70)1.19 (0.82–1.72)1.17 (0.80–1.71)
 High-strain + high support9036.01.62 (1.16–2.26)1.81 (1.28–2.55)1.83 (1.29–2.58)1.78 (1.26–2.52)
 High-strain + low support23545.62.40 (1.84–3.14)2.60 (1.98–3.42)2.64 (2.00–3.48)2.64 (1.99–3.49)
Emotional demand-control model
 Low demand + high control27629.61.0 1.01.01.0
 Low demand + low control27433.31.18 (0.95–1.47)1.18 (0.94–1.47)1.19 (0.95–1.48)1.20 (0.96–1.51)
 High demand + high control23134.71.25 (0.99–1.56)1.32 (1.05–1.66)1.32 (1.04–1.66)1.25 (0.99–1.58)
 High demand + low control26644.91.89 (1.50–2.37)2.08 (1.64–2.62)2.08 (1.65–2.63)1.99 (1.57–2.53)
Emotional demand-control model + social support
 Low demand/high control + high support41630.31.0 1.01.01.0
 Low demand/low control + low support35835.11.10 (0.79–1.5)1.10 (0.80–1.54)1.12 (0.81–1.56)1.13 (0.81–1.59)
 High demand/high control + high support6936.31.32 (0.92–1.90)1.48 (1.02–2.15)1.49 (1.02–2.16)1.41 (0.96–2.05)
 High demand/low control + low support19749.42.33 (1.77–3.07)2.53 (1.91–3.35)2.55 (1.93–3.39)2.47 (1.86–3.29)

Multivariate model 1: adjustments for sociodemographics: sex, age, income, marital status, and children under 6 years.
Multivariate model 2: model 1 + adjustments for work-related factors: working hours and night work.
Multivariate model 3: model 2 + adjustments for health-related factors: BMI, smoking habits, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and coffee intake.