Factors and symptoms associated with work stress and health-promoting lifestyles among hospital staff: a pilot study in Taiwan

Table 2 Summary of measurements on Job Content Questionnaires (JCQ) and health-promoting lifestyle profile (HPLSP) for all 755 subjects ^a

Variables	mean ± SD	Range
Job Content Questionnaire
Psychological demands of the job	13.87 ± 2.11	(7–20)
Discretion in use of skills	16.82 ± 2.37	(6–23)
Decision-making authority	7.83 ± 1.36	(3–12)
Coworker social support^†	12.17 ± 1.62	(4–16)
Supervisor social support^†	11.26 ± 2.09	(4–16)
Health-promoting lifestyle profiles
Self-actualization	10.59 ± 2.51	(4–16)
Health responsibility	10.66 ± 2.70	(5–20)
Exercise	7.83 ± 2.15	(4–15)
Nutrition	14.44 ± 3.54	(6–24)
Interpersonal support	11.05 ± 2.07	(4–16)
Stress management	9.90 ± 2.11	(4–16)
Total score of health-promoting lifestyle profile	64.47 ± 11.19	(28–106)

^a Data are represented as mean ± SD and range (min. - max.).
^† Those two items asked for the need for social support. In other words, a higher score stands for not enough social support from either coworkers or supervisor.

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