A national study on nurses’ retention in healthcare facilities in underserved areas in Lebanon

Table 4 Revised Regression Model to understand determinants of intent to stay

		Overall			Hospitals			PHC
		OR	95% CI	P-value	OR	95% CI	P-value	OR	95% CI	P-value
Gender
	Female	1			1			1
	Male	1.0	0.7 to 1.6	0.971	1.0	0.6 to 1.6	0.93	2.6	0.1 to 55.2	0.540
Age
	< 30 years	0.6	0.2 to 1.5	0.253	1.4	0.4 to 4.7	0.638
	30 to 45 years	0.5	0.2 to 1.4	0.211	1.4	0.4 to 4.4	0.587
	≥ 46 years	1			1
Married with children
	Married with children	1.8	1.1 to 2.7	0.010	2.0	1.2 to 3.2	0.005	0.4	0.1 to 1.9	0.255
	Married without children	2.0	1.2 to 3.3	0.011	2.3	1.3 to 4.0	0.003	0.8	0.1 to 7.6	0.837
	Never married	1			1			1
Total working experience as a nurse
	< 5 years	0.3	0.1 to 0.6	0.001	0.2	0.1 to 0.4	< 0.001	0.3	0.1 to 2.1	0.242
	5 to 10 years	0.3	0.1 to 0.5	< 0.001	0.2	0.1 to 0.4	< 0.001	0.2	0.03 to 1.2	0.074
	11 to 15 years	0.7	0.3 to 1.7	0.489	0.4	0.6 to 1.1	0.085	1.2	0.1 to 14.3	0.883
	> 15 years	1			1			1
Are you currently working towards a higher degree
	No	1.8	1.2 to 2.6	0.006	1.5	1.0 to 2.3	0.076	11.5	2.4 to 55.3	0.002
	Yes	1			1			1
I would encourage my sons to choose nursing as a career
	No	1			1			1
	Yes	1.8	1.1 to 2.8	0.016	2.0	1.2 to 3.4	0.007	0.6	0.2 to 2.4	0.497
I would encourage my nursing peers in other areas to move to my place of employment
	No	1			1			1
	Yes	2.0	1.4 to 3. 0	0.001	1.6	1.1 to 2.5	0.024	21.8	3.5 to 136.8	0.001
Overall satisfaction		4.5	2.8 to 7.2	< 0.001	5.3	3.1 to 9.1	< 0.001	1.3	0.3 to 5.7	0.700

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