Work-Related Psychosocial Factors and Mental Health Problems Associated with Musculoskeletal Pain in Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Work-related psychosocial factors and mental health problems for 404 nurses.

Psychosocial factors (scales)	Number of items	Mean	95% CI
Work demands
Quantitative demands (workload)	4	32.2	30.5–33.9
Work pace	3	66.3	64.8–68.0
Cognitive demands	4	67.2	65.6–68.7
Emotional demands	4	57.1	55.3–58.8
Expectations of hiding emotions	3	73.3	71.6–75.1
Work organisation and job contents
Influence on work organisation	4	33.3	31.3–35.4
Possibilities for development	4	68.6	67.1–70.2
Meaning of the work	3	80.2	78.7–81.7
Commitment to the work	4	63.7	61.7–65.6
Interpersonal relationships and leadership
Access to the information	2	63.2	61.2–65.3
Rewards (recognition)	3	57.6	55.5–59.7
Role clarity	3	78.9	77.5–80.2
Role conflicts	4	35.9	34.0–37.8
Quality of leadership	4	59.6	57.4–61.9
Social support from colleagues	3	59.9	57.8–62.0
Social support from supervisor	3	57.8	55.2–60.5
Social relationships at work	3	71.4	69.5–73.4
Work-individual interface
Job insecurity	4	18.4	16.4–20.3
Job satisfaction	4	65.5	64.0–66.9
Work-family conflict	4	43.5	40.9–46.0
Values in the workplace
Mutual trust between employees	3	71.1	69.2–73.0
Trust regarding management	4	63.7	62.3–65.2
Justice and respect	4	49.3	46.8–51.9
Social inclusiveness	4	61.3	59.8–62.9
Mental health problems
Stress	4	41.2	39.5–42.8
Somatic stress symptoms	4	30.8	29.3–32.3
Cognitive stress symptoms	4	26.6	25.0–28.1
Depression symptoms	4	30.9	29.3–32.5
Sleeping troubles	4	32.7	30.7–34.6
Burnout	4	45.1	43.4–46.7