Table 1. Predictors of whether considered leaving post as link worker in past 6 months

Predictor variable	Odds ratio	95% CI	P value
Gender			0.44
Male	reference
Female	0.77	0.39 to 1.51
Age, years			0.39
21–30	reference
31–40	0.79	0.32 to 1.91
41–50	0.58	0.26 to 1.29
51–60	0.49	0.23 to 1.07
>60	0.61	0.22 to 1.65
Role			0.13
Primary care network (PCN)	reference
Voluntary community service	0.83	0.51 to 1.35
Local authority	1.17	0.28 to 4.93
Other	0.20	0.05 to 0.78
How long have you been link worker?			0.008
1–6 months	reference
7–12 months	1.78	0.68 to 4.63
13–36 months	3.60	1.64 to 7.91
>36 months	2.22	0.99 to 4.96
Do you regard role as job or vocation?			0.001
Job	reference
Vocation	0.31	0.15 to 0.64
Part of peer support group			0.008
No	reference
Yes	0.50	0.30 to 0.84
Time to connect with voluntary community sector			0.008
Up to 1 hour a week	reference
Two hours/half a day a week	0.51	0.27 to 0.94
One day a week or more	0.33	0.17 to 0.67
Time in working week to undertake training			<0.001
Disagree	reference
Neutral	0.36	0.14 to 0.97
Agree	0.18	0.09 to 0.38
Receives supervision about patient cases			0.02
Never	reference
Every 2–6 months	0.63	0.27 to 1.51
Every 4–6 weeks	0.38	0.18 to 0.82
At least once a fortnight	0.28	0.11 to 0.69
Receives supervision about own wellbeing			0.001
Never	reference
Every 2–6 months	0.28	0.11 to 0.71
Every 4–6 weeks	0.19	0.08 to 0.45
At least once a fortnight	0.15	0.05 to 0.44
Occupational self-efficacy (per 10-unit decrease )	1.91	1.24 to 2.93	0.003
Job discrepancy (per 30-unit increase )	6.86	3.91 to 12.0	<0.001