The Impact of Perceived Stress and Coping Adequacy on the Health of Nurses: A Pilot Investigation

Table 5

Depression and anxiety symptoms score comparison by stress and coping.

PHQ-4 items score (range 0–12)	Total population; M (±SE)	Perceived stress & coping			value	Test statistic F
		High stress and poor coping	High stress or poor coping	Low stress and good coping
Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge (range = 0–3)	1.90 (0.07)	2.58 (0.22)	1.97 (0.11)	1.75 (0.09)	0.00	6.39
Not being able to stop or control worrying (range = 0–3)	1.62 (0.06)	2 (0.21)	1.67 (0.14)	1.54 (0.08)	0.15	1.81
Feeling down, depressed or hopeless (range = 0–3)	1.42 (0.06)	1.75 (0.26)	1.56 (0.10)	1.29 (0.06)	0.0	4.63
Little interest or pleasure in doing things (range = 0–3)	1.34 (0.05)	1.58 (0.26)	1.41 (0.08)	1.27 (0.06)	0.16	1.99

Statistically significant differences in mean values across the groups measured by ANOVA at