Table 2.

Whole body musculoskeletal symptoms of study population

		Symptoms
Variables		Negative		Positive		p-value
		N	%	N	%
Age	20 ~ 29	86	28.9	212	71.1	0.225
	30 ~ 39	40	27.8	104	72.2
	40 ~ 49	21	28.4	53	71.6
	≧50	8	53.3	7	46.7
Martial status	Unmarried	101	28.0	260	72.0	0.459
	Married	54	32.1	114	67.9
Shiftwork	No	42	32.1	89	67.9	0.036
	Yes	113	28.3	287	71.8
House work hour per day	0 ~ 2	117	29.1	285	70.9	0.994
	3 ~ 5	27	29.7	64	70.3
	≧6	11	28.9	27	71.1
Department	Ward	103	29.4	247	70.6	0.962
	Operation room	9	25.7	26	74.3
	Intensive care unit	21	30.4	48	69.6
	Others	22	28.6	55	71.4
Tenure	0 ~ 4	70	28.5	176	71.5	0.089
	5 ~ 10	41	28.9	101	71.1
	>10	44	30.8	99	69.2
Position	General duty nurse	121	28.3	307	71.7	0.375
	Responsibility nurse	16	28.6	40	71.4
	Head nurse	18	38.3	29	61.7
ANSI Z-365 checklist	Low grade	127	33.5	252	66.5	0.000
	Moderate grade	22	24.2	69	75.8
	High grade	6	9.8	55	90.2
Total job stress	Low	125	37.9	205	62.1	0.000
	High	30	14.9	171	85.1