Table 1.
Total lifetime stressor count by participant characteristics.
| Participant characteristics | N (%) | Total | Low stress | Moderate stress | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SEM) | N (%) | M (SEM) | N (%) | M (SEM) | ||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 48 (23) | 15.20 (1.25) | 35 (23) | 11.08 (0.77) | 13 (25) | 26.30 (2.01) |
| Female | 157 (77) | 14.82 (0.83) | 119 (77) | 10.04 (0.46) | 38 (75) | 29.78 (1.42) |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–29 years old | 81 (39) | 15.77 (1.11) | 59 (38) | 11.01 (0.63) | 22 (43) | 28.54 (1.93) |
| 30–39 years old | 68 (33) | 14.30 (1.18) | 52 (34) | 9.88 (0.66) | 16(31) | 28.68 (1.90) |
| 40–49 years old | 34 (17) | 13.82 (1.99) | 26 (17) | 8.57 (1.05) | 8 (16) | 30.87 (3.52) |
| 50+ years old | 22 (11) | 15.27 (1.88) | 17(11) | 11.52 (1.10) | 5 (10) | 28.00 (3.57) |
| Profession | ||||||
| Nursing assistant | 109 (53) | 14.94 (1.06) | 81 (53) | 9.70 (0.57) | 28 (55) | 30.10 (1.84) |
| Nurse | 50 (24) | 14.08 (1.28) | 39 (25) | 10.30 (0.82) | 11 (21) | 27.45 (2.12) |
| Physicians | 41 (20) | 15.39 (1.24) | 31 (20) | 11.77 (0.73) | 10 (20) | 26.60 (2.06) |
| Surgical technologist | 5 (3) | 18.60 (5.31) | 3 (2) | 10.00 (1.00) | 2 (4) | 31.50 (1.50) |
(M = mean; SEM = standard error of the mean)