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Table 3 The differences in challenge stress (CHS), hindrance stress (HS), public service motivation (PSM), and job performance (JP) between different regions and hospital levels

From: How job stress influences job performance among Chinese healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Region

p

Hospital level

p

Eastern (n = 1153)

Central (n = 201)

Western (n = 240)

Primary (n = 284)

Secondary (n = 383)

Tertiary (n = 927)

CHS

3.54 (0.70)

3.37 (0.65)

3.51 (0.83)

**

3.32 (0.72)

3.46 (0.79)

3.59 (0.67)

***

HS

2.89 (0.78)

2.84 (0.82)

2.83 (0.91)

–

2.86 (0.78)

2.81 (0.89)

2.91 (0.77)

–

PSM

3.71 (0.68)

3.59 (0.63)

3.72 (0.67)

–

3.65 (0.63)

3.60 (0.65)

3.74 (0.69)

***

JP

3.85 (0.58)

3.86 (0.53)

3.84 (0.59)

–

3.82 (0.56)

3.84 (0.56)

3.86 (0.59)

–

  1. Numbers outside parentheses are mean values; numbers inside parentheses are SD values
  2. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05