Table 3 Comparison between Characteristics and Psychological Symptoms in Taiwanese Nurses (n = 697)
From: Psychological symptoms among hospital nurses in Taiwan: a cross sectional study
Without psychological symptoms (n = 454) | With psychological symptoms (n = 243) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Age, years | 0.003 | ||||
< 30 | 77 | 17.0 | 55 | 22.6 | |
30–39 | 148 | 32.6 | 100 | 41.2 | |
40–49 | 155 | 34.1 | 55 | 22.6 | |
≧50 | 74 | 16.3 | 33 | 13.6 | |
Educational level | 0.071 | ||||
High school or lower | 22 | 4.8 | 11 | 4.5 | |
Vocational school/university | 400 | 88.1 | 225 | 92.6 | |
Postgraduate | 32 | 7.0 | 7 | 2.9 | |
Marital status | 0.808 | ||||
Married | 236 | 52.0 | 123 | 50.6 | |
Divorced or widowed | 10 | 2.2 | 4 | 1.6 | |
Single | 208 | 45.8 | 116 | 47.7 | |
Self-rated health | <0.001 | ||||
Poor or Fair | 68 | 15.0 | 98 | 40.3 | |
Good | 386 | 85.0 | 145 | 59.7 | |
Self-reported diseases | <0.001 | ||||
No | 312 | 68.7 | 131 | 53.9 | |
Yes | 142 | 31.3 | 112 | 46.1 | |
Low back pain | |||||
No | 388 | 85.5 | 179 | 73.7 | <0.001 |
Yes | 66 | 14.5 | 64 | 26.3 | |
The utilization of occupational examination for the last 5 years | 0.160 | ||||
No | 225 | 49.6 | 134 | 55.1 | |
Yes | 229 | 50.4 | 109 | 44.9 | |