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

Table 3 Correlation of Job Content Questionnaire with subjects’ characteristics (N = 755)

	Psychological Demands of Job		Discretion In Use of Skills		Decision-making authority		Coworker social support^a		Supervisor social support^a
	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value
Gender	.085	0.018^*	-.127	<.001^***	-.057	0.113	.011	0.764	-.015	0.682
Job position	-.235	<.001^***	-.297	<.001^***	-.103	0.004^**	.014	0.702	-.010	0.785
Work experience, years	.002	0.947	.146	<.001^***	.115	0.001^**	-.095	0.008^**	-.079	0.027^*
Daily work times, hours	.326	<.001^***	.296	<.001^***	.107	0.003^**	-.016	0.647	-.033	0.358

r, coefficient of correlation of Job Content Questionnaire with gender was derived through the point biserial correlation analysis (male, 1; female, 2); with job position through the point multiserial correlation analysis (physician, 1; nurse, 2; medical technician staff, 3; administrative staff, 4); with work experience or with daily work times through Spearman’s correlation analysis.
^*P < 0.05, ^**P < 0.01^{, ***}P < 0.001, indicate significant correlation between health-promoting life-style profiles and characteristics.
^aThese two items indicate perceived needs for social support. In other words, a higher score stands for not enough social support from either coworkers or supervisors.

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