Table 2.

The findings about the six factors of the “Work Stressor Scale for Nurses” in this study (n = 1,457) compared to the results of the survey of the 2007 domestic norm.

Sequencing	Item	Score (M ± SD)	Domestic norm	t	p value
Work stressor score for nurses	Nature of work	98.52 ± 47.89	133.11 ± 59.51	−19.08	<0.001
	Workload	96.74 ± 42.89	119.87 ± 48.27	−14.25	<0.001
	Interpersonal relationship at work	79.93 ± 40.61	81.52 ± 38.07	−1.04	0.300
	Nurse expectations	73.6 ± 38.45	91.37 ± 39.14	−12.21	<0.001
	Patient factors	64.32 ± 35.59	80.06 ± 37.15	−11.69	<0.001
	Work–family conflict	53.54 ± 30.63	60.09 ± 30.01	−5.65	<0.001
	Stressor score	466.64 ± 218.05	566.04 ± 19.56	−12.04	<0.001

M ± SD, mean ± standard deviation.