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.

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