The Impact of Perceived Stress and Coping Adequacy on the Health of Nurses: A Pilot Investigation
Table 6
Preventive health and screening behaviors in the past year comparison by stress and coping.
Within the past 1 year
(%
Perceived stress & coping
value
Test statistic
High stress and poor coping
High stress or poor coping
Low stress and good coping
Mammogram
46 (38%)
31%
38%
67%
0.07
7.72
Pap test
72 (60%)
56%
62%
67%
0.10
5.40
Colonoscopy
11 (9%)
8%
9%
17%
0.09
6.30
Blood sugar profile
56 (47%)
37%
46%
59%
0.06
8.10
Blood lipid profile
57 (48%)
40%
46%
70%
0.0
11.70
Blood pressure check
112 (93%)
91%
92%
97%
0.81
3.06
General physical exam
94 (78%)
60%
77%
90%
0.0
12.06
(%) of those nurses who had a particular test or screening out of the total population. Statistically significant differences across the groups measured by Chi-Square tests at .
