Table 3.
Comparing nurses' stress levels in experimental and control groups before and after intervention
| Stage | Pre-test | Post-test | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Experimental | Control | Total | Experimental | Control | Total | ||||||
| Stress level | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Normal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 1 | 2.2 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Mild | 1 | 4.3 | 1 | 4.3 | 2 | 4.3 | 6 | 26.1 | 2 | 8.7 | 8 | 17.4 |
| Moderate | 5 | 21.7 | 3 | 13.0 | 8 | 17.4 | 11 | 47.8 | 3 | 13.0 | 14 | 30.4 |
| Severe | 14 | 60.9 | 14 | 60.9 | 28 | 60.9 | 5 | 21.7 | 16 | 69.6 | 21 | 45.7 |
| Extremely severe | 3 | 13 | 4 | 17.4 | 7 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.7 | 2 | 4.3 |
| Test, p -value | Fisher's exact test, X2 = 1.888, p = 0.908 | Fisher's exact test, X2 = 14.744, p = 0.001 | ||||||||||