Research Article
The Impact of Perceived Stress and Coping Adequacy on the Health of Nurses: A Pilot Investigation
Table 3
Health status in the past month by level of stress and adequacy of coping.
| | Past 30 days’ health status | Total population
M (±SE) | Perceived stress & coping | High stress
and
poor coping
M (±S.E) | High stress
or
poor coping
M (±S.E) | Low stress
and
good coping
M (±S.E) | value | Test statistic F |
| | On how many days out of the last 30 days.. | | | | | | | | Did you feel healthy and full of energy | 14.48 (0.90) | 13.98 (1.79) | 14.13 (1.11) | 17.22 (2.23) | 0.0 | 2.99 | | Did you feel like you did not get enough sleep | 12.30 (0.78) | 12.55 (1.06) | 12.45 (1.35) | 12.05 (1.35) | 0.81 | 1.27 | | Did you feel worried, tense or anxious | 8.48 (0.89) | 18.00 (3.59) | 8.98 (1.37) | 6.91 (1.12) | 0.0 | 6.03 | | Did you eat too much | 8.24 (0.86) | 10.22 (3.53) | 9.52 (1.71) | 7.27 (0.92) | 0.07 | 1.99 | | Did pain make it hard for you to do your usual daily activities | 3.92 (0.60) | 7.40 (2.82) | 4.46 (0.87) | 2.16 (0.57) | 0.0 | 3.36 | | Did you feel sad, blue or depressed | 3.34 (0.52) | 6.11 (2.40) | 4.48 (1.14) | 2.29 (0.48) | 0.0 | 4.50 | | Did you have a poor appetite | 2.22 (0.79) | 3.50 (2.11) | 2.72 (1.29) | 1.08 (0.47) | 0.05 | 2.07 |
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Statistically significant differences in mean values across the groups measured by ANOVA at .
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