Low WE

High WE

Crude OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

N

71

25

Age (years) (mean ± SD)

37.2 ± 8.8

37.9 ± 7.5

1.01 (0.96 - 1.07)

0.99 (0.92 - 1.07)

Married (n, %)

40 (56.3)

18 (72.0)

1.99 (0.74 - 5.37)

3.74 (0.99 - 14.12)

Immediate superiors’ (head midwives/nurses)

WE (mean ± SD)

3.80 ± 0.82

3.46 ± 1.04

0.65 (0.39 - 1.09)

0.67 (0.29 - 1.54)

Exhaustion (mean ± SD)

3.33 ± 1.28

4.14 ± 1.14

1.81 (1.15 - 2.84)*

1.61 (0.82 - 3.15)

Cynicism (mean ± SD)

1.76 ± 0.76

2.69 ± 1.58

2.15 (1.32 - 3.49)**

2.01 (1.04 - 3.90)*

PE (mean ± SD)

2.34 ± 1.24

2.48 ± 1.27

1.09 (0.75 - 1.58)

1.93 (1.12 - 3.33)*