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Revista Medica Herediana
Print version ISSN 1018-130XOn-line version ISSN 1729-214X
Abstract
LEON, Sara; NUNEZ, Manuel and CHILCA, Manuel. Relationship between over commitment and somatic symptoms among nurses in a type II hospital in Peru. Rev Med Hered [online]. 2023, vol.34, n.3, pp.124-131. Epub Dec 20, 2023. ISSN 1018-130X. http://dx.doi.org/10.20453/rmh.v34i3.4920.
Objective
: To determine the relationship between over commitment and somatic symptoms among nurses in a type II hospital in Peru.
Methods
: A cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample of 106 participants was carried-out. The Siegrist and Meter questionnaire was applied to measure over commitment and imbalance effort-recompense and the Health Questionnaire (PHQ15) was applied to evaluate somatic symptoms. A logistic regression model was built considering sociodemographic and labor variables.
Results
: The 68.3% of nurses that presented with moderate to severe somatic symptoms had a high level of over commitment. The regression model showed that over commitment (OR = 6.25, p < 0.01), time in the working place (OR = 0.74, p < 0.01) and labor status (staff or hired temporarily OR = 49.20, p < 0.01) influenced the level of somatic symptoms. The model discriminated well the 79% (95% CI: 95%: 0.70 - 0.88) of somatic cases. A value of 0.43 was selected to discriminate between mild to moderate-severe with a sensitivity of 73% and 74% specificity.
Conclusions
: A signifcant correlation between over commitment and somatic symptoms ws found. The regression model attained a high discriminative level to identify nurses at risk.
Keywords : Reward; somatic symptoms; somatoform disorder; nurses.