Interactions of depression, anxiety, and sleep quality with menopausal symptoms on job satisfaction among middle-aged health workers in England: a STROBE-based analysis.

Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101170535 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1478-4491 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14784491 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Hum Resour Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: [London] : BioMed Central

Job Satisfaction* ; Anxiety*/epidemiology ; Anxiety*/psychology ; Menopause*/psychology ; Depression*/epidemiology ; Depression*/psychology ; Health Personnel*/psychology ; Sleep Quality*; Humans ; Female ; Middle Aged ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; England/epidemiology ; Adult

Background: This study examined the association between menopausal symptoms and job satisfaction, and ascertained whether three psychosomatic factors (e.g., anxiety, depression, and sleep quality) interact with menopausal symptoms on job satisfaction.
Methods: A cross-sectional design with sensitivity analysis was adopted. The participants of the study were clinical health workers in England. Data from 154 health workers were analyzed with the hierarchical linear regression (HLR) analysis.
Results: There was a negative association between menopausal symptoms and job satisfaction (β = -0.38; t = -4.81, p < 0.001), but this relationship became non-significant after adjusting for work stress, self-reported health, job tenure, and resilience at work. An interaction between menopausal symptoms and the psychosomatic factors was found. The strength of the negative association between menopausal symptoms and job satisfaction was weakened by sleep quality (β = 0.05; t = 0.48; p > 0.05) but was strengthened by anxiety (β = -0.22; t = -2.28; p < 0.05) and depression (β = -0.24; t = -2.16; p < 0.05).
Conclusion: Menopausal symptoms can be directly associated with lower job satisfaction and indirectly associated with lower job satisfaction through its interaction with depression and anxiety. Menopausal symptoms can weaken the positive association between sleep quality and job satisfaction.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)

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Keywords: Anxiety; Depression; Health workers; Job satisfaction; Menopausal symptoms; Sleep quality; United Kingdom

Date Created: 20240912 Date Completed: 20240913 Latest Revision: 20240915

20240915

PMC11396863

10.1186/s12960-024-00947-4

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