Effect of a Developed Nursing Stretch Break Application on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Complications and Fatigue among Nurses: An Interventional Study

Table 5

Comparison of the study groups regarding the total fatigue and its subscales before and after the intervention (n = 71).

P-MAF subscale	Before intervention M ± SD^†	After intervention M ± SD^†	Range	value^∗
Degree and severity	7.60 ± 1.57	5.84 ± 1.24	1–10	<0.001
Distress that it causes	7.37 ± 1.93	5.77 ± 1.40	1–10	<0.001
Degree of interference with activities of daily living	1.53 ± 0.34	1.50 ± 0.26	1–10	0.630
Timing of fatigue	4.40 ± 1.76	5.42 ± 1.26	1–10	<0.001
Total fatigue/global fatigue index	27.31 ± 4.52	23.05 ± 3.35	1–50	<0.001

^∗Paired sample t-test. ^†Mean ± standard deviation.