Occupational well-being and stress among early childhood professionals: the use of an innovative strategy to measure stress reactivity in the workplace

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Table 1. ECPs’ background characteristics.

		Assistant	Nurse	Teacher
Age		n	n	n
	<30	4	3	2
	30–50 years	4	8	25
	>50	7	8	9
	Total	15	19	36
Educational background
	Secondary school	8	7	0
	Secondary education	7	11	3
	Bachelor's degree	0	0	31
	Total	15	28	34
Period of employment
	0–4 years	7	3	2
	5–10 years	3	3	4
	Over 10 years	5	12	31
	Total	15	18	37

Table 2. ECPs’ experienced burnout and work engagement according to profession, age and period of employment.

Burnout		N	Mean	SD	Min	Max	None	Moderate	Serious
Profession							n	n	n
	Assistant	15	1.51	1.09	0.05	3.46	8	7	0
	Nurse	19	1.24	0.75	0	2.8	11	8	0
	Special teacher	37	1.12	0.96	0.08	5.07	26	10	1
	Total	71	1.25	0.94	0	5.07	45	25	1
Age
	<30	7	1.27	0.37	0.83	1.68	4	3	0
	30–50	39	1.3	1.05	0	5.07	22	16	1
	>50	24	1.11	0.9	0.05	3.37	19	5	0
	Total	70	1.23	0.94	0	5.07	45	24	1
Period of employment
	<5	12	1.72	1.33	0.05	5.07	6	5	1
	5–10	7	1.09	0.79	0	2.08	4	3	0
	>10	51	1.16	0.83	0.08	3.37	34	17	0
	Total	70	1.25	0.94	0	5.07	44	25	1
Work engagement		N	Mean	SD	Min	Max	High	Moderate	Modest	Low
Profession							n	n	n	n
	Assistant	15	4.47	0.87	2.88	5.6	4	2	5	4
	nurse	19	4.89	0.81	3.06	5.82	10	4	2	3
	Special teacher	37	5.02	0.59	3.24	5.88	16	14	4	2
	Total	71	4.87	0.74	2.88	5.88	30	20	11	9
Age
	<30	7	4.4	1.02	2.88	5.38	2	2	1	2
	30–50	39	4.97	0.62	3.24	5.88	18	11	6	3
	>50	24	4.82	0.76	3.06	5.82	9	7	4	4
	Total	70	4.86	0.74	2.88	5.88	29	20	1	9
Period of employment
	<5	12	4.55	1.05	2.88	5.6	5	2	1	4
	5–10	7	4.81	0.43	4.12	5.35	2	2	2	0
	>10	51	4.95	0.68	3.06	5.88	22	16	8	5
	Total	70	4.87	0.74	2.88	5.88	29	20	11	9

Figure 1. Diurnal patterns of salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase during working day.

Figure 2. Diurnal patterns of salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase during weekend day.

Table 3. Salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase AUC and ratio values during working and weekend day.

	N	Min	Max	Mean	SD
AUCcortisolDay1	77	4.53	17.89	11.75	2.11
AUCcortisolDay2	79	4.87	18.9	12	2.54
AUCalphaD1	78	10.75	36.31	29.72	4.78
AUCalphaDay2	79	7.87	36.74	30.09	5
AOCDay1	77	1.11	6.25	2.64	0.8
AOCDay2	79	1.1	5.26	2.61	0.72
COADay1	77	0.16	0.9	0.41	0.13
COADay2	79	0.19	0.91	0.41	0.13