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Table 1 The WSS Score distribution of health professionals according to their socio-demographic features

From: The impacts of occupational risks and their effects on work stress levels of health professional (The sample from the Southeast region of Turkey)

Demographic variables

Mean ± SD (min–max)

p value

Age

23.03 ± 14.36 (Min = 17, Max = 65)

p = 0.000

Number of children

1.89 ± 1.93 (Min = 0, Max = 9)

p = 0.001

 

N (%)

WSS Score (Mean ± SD)

 

Gender

 Male

135 (37.5)

41.90 ± 10.50

t = −0.559

p = 0.965

 Female

224 (62.5)

41.25 ± 10.87

Marital status

 Single

99 (27.5)

42.97 ± 2.29

F = 1.360

p = 0.529

 Widow/divorced/separated

19 (5.3)

41.26 ± 2.55

 Married

242 (67.2)

40.87 ± 2.68

Educational status

 Vocational school of health

70 (41.9)

45.18 ± 1.52

F = 6.093

p = 0.092

 Pre-bachelor

149 (33.7)

38.95 ± 3.44

 Undergraduate

131 (10.6)

42.35 ± 1.55

 Graduate

10 (4.1)

41.50 ± 2.97

  1. SD standard deviation, WSS workplace stress scale