Examining the dimensions and correlates of workplace stress among Australian veterinarians

Table 1 Demographic and Work-Related Correlations with Veterinary Stress Questions^a

	Age		Gender		Practice Type
	χ ²	P	χ ²	P	χ ²	P
Career Factors
A) My career structure in general	9.422	0.051	27.52	0.006*	6.22	0.183
B) My prospects for future promotion	32.036	0.001*	66.24	0.001*	7.15	0.128
C) Salary that I currently receive	13.096	0.011*	36.57	0.003*	1.52	0.822
D) Long hours I have to work	11.136	0.025*	22.90	0.029*	2.59	0.628
E) Not having enough rest breaks per day	8.959	0.062	33.32	0.001*	1.89	0.756
F) Not having enough holidays per year	1.374	0.849	13.38	0.342	6.30	0.178
Professional Factors
G) Attitude of my colleagues/workmates	6.562	0.161	31.82	0.002*	3.475	0.482
H) Attitude of my superiors	51.383	0.001*	79.52	0.001*	4.318	0.365
I) Attitude of my clients/customers	4.005	0.405	31.78	0.002*	0.860	0.930
J) Lack of recognition by the public	4.034	0.402	33.52	0.001*	1.972	0.741
K) Lack of recognition by colleagues	7.253	0.123	18.215	0.109	6.864	0.143
L) Lack of understanding by my partner/family	5.588	0.232	19.58	0.076	9.119	0.058
Practice Issues
M) Having too many patients per day	4.056	0.399	39.22	0.001*	5.431	0.366
N) Not having enough time for each patient	5.876	0.209	50.94	0.001*	17.481	0.002*
O) Pressure to over-service/over-prescribe	1.794	0.774	37.97	0.001*	13.344	0.010*
P) Possibility of litigation	8.096	0.088	33.80	0.001*	2.375	0.667
Q) Potential danger from animals	3.514	0.476	29.01	0.004*	5.608	0.230
R) Potential danger from zoonotic diseases	1.570	0.814	23.97	0.021*	1.701	0.790

^a Adapted from previous studies of veterinary stress [11, 12, 19], * Statistically significant differences

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