Table-V.

The relationship between specific characteristics of nurses and their mean low back pain scores

Parameters	Pain Mean±SD	Significance
Gender
Total	1.5±0.8
Male Female	1.0±0.9 1.5±0.8	p=0.104
Age
18-25 26-33 34 and more	1.5±0.6 1.4±0.9 2.0±0.4	p=0.083
Education
High school Two-year university degree Bachelor’s degree Master’s/doctorate	1.7±0.6 1.5±0.8 1.4±0.8 1.8±1.3	p=0.256
Wearing high-heeled shoes
Yes No	1.4±0.8 1.5±0.8	p=0.464
Regular exercise
Yes No	1.5±0.9 1.5±0.8	p=0.951
Chronic disease
Yes No	2.0±0.0 1.4±0.8	p=0.098
Body mass index
Poor Normal Overweight	1.0±1.0 1.5±0.7 1.3±1.0	p=0.359
Health condition
Very good Good Moderate	1.4±0.8 1.5±0.8 1.5±0.8	p=0.741
Clinic of employment
Surgery intensive care Internal diseases intensive care Coronary intensive care Pediatric intensive care Reanimation	1.5±0.9 1.6±0.6 1.5±0.7 1.6±0.8 1.0±0.8	p=0.980
Working condition
Day-time Shift Watch	1.5±0.8 1.7±0.7 1.3±0.8	p=0.226