Potential predictors of susceptibility to occupational stress in Japanese novice nurses - a pilot study

Okita, Shinobu; Daitoku, Satoshi; Abe, Masaharu; Arimura, Emi; Setoyama, Hitoshi; Koriyama, Chihaya; Ushikai, Miharu; Kawaguchi, Hiroaki; Horiuchi, Masahisa

doi:10.1186/s12199-017-0641-8

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Table 2 Correlation between stress conditions scores at job entry (A) and 5 months post-entry (B) with physical examination and urinary parameters at job entry

From: Potential predictors of susceptibility to occupational stress in Japanese novice nurses - a pilot study

Continuous variables	Psychological stress condition score		Somatic symptom condition score		Combined BJSQ score
Continuous variables	Correlation	p value	Correlation	p value	Correlation	p value
A. April (at job entry)
Physical examination (at job entry)
Body mass index	−0.161	0.308	−0.090	0.570	−0.168	0.289
Systolic BP	0.071	0.657	0.127	0.424	0.082	0.606
Diastolic BP	−0.133	0.400	0.024	0.879	−0.120	0.449
Hemoglobin	0.000	1.000	−0.170	0.283	−0.035	0.825
AST	0.050	0.753	−0.109	0.493	0.003	0.985
ALT	−0.011	0.946	−0.065	0.685	−0.048	0.764
γ-GTP	−0.255	0.103	0.031	0.844	−0.218	0.166
LDL cholesterol	0.154	0.332	0.071	0.654	0.168	0.287
HDL cholesterol	0.045	0.778	0.176	0.266	0.072	0.650
Triglycerides	−0.177	0.262	−0.131	0.407	−0.176	0.266
Fasting blood glucose	−0.148	0.349	−0.216	0.170	−0.194	0.218
Urinary parameters
Sodium	0.135	0.393	−0.164	0.299	0.057	0.721
Potassium	0.247	0.115	−0.109	0.492	0.168	0.288
Chlorine	0.171	0.279	−0.137	0.385	0.096	0.546
Phosphorus	−0.109	0.490	−0.199	0.208	−0.155	0.327
Calcium	0.192	0.224	0.186	0.239	0.198	0.208
Magnesium	0.076	0.633	0.016	0.920	0.078	0.624
B. September (5 months post − entry)
Physical examination (at job entry)
Body mass index	−0.125	0.432	−0.126	0.427	−0.126	0.428
Systolic BP	−0.335	0.030*	−0.210	0.183	−0.324	0.036*
Diastolic BP	−0.136	0.390	−0.109	0.493	−0.147	0.352
Hemoglobin	−0.129	0.415	−0.251	0.109	−0.166	0.293
AST	0.027	0.866	−0.091	0.565	−0.005	0.973
ALT	0.066	0.680	0.004	0.978	0.047	0.770
γ-GTP	−0.015	0.925	−0.164	0.299	−0.077	0.630
LDL cholesterol	0.159	0.316	−0.080	0.615	0.102	0.520
HDL cholesterol	0.212	0.178	0.102	0.520	0.168	0.288
Triglycerides	0.138	0.383	0.078	0.623	0.148	0.349
Fasting blood glucose	0.051	0.747	−0.072	0.650	0.006	0.971
Urinary parameters
Sodium	−0.284	0.068^#	−0.264	0.091^#	−0.313	0.043*
Potassium	−0.107	0.499	0.030	0.851	−0.090	0.570
Chlorine	−0.202	0.200	−0.116	0.465	−0.199	0.206
Phosphorus	−0.286	0.066^#	−0.249	0.112	−0.301	0.053^#
Calcium	−0.161	0.308	0.059	0.710	−0.114	0.473
Magnesium	−0.082	0.605	0.048	0.765	−0.054	0.734

Values are expressed as the mean ± SD or number (N) of the subjects. BP blood pressure, AST aspartate transaminase, ALT alanine transaminase, γ − GTP γ-glutamyltranspeptidase, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein. ^# p < 0.10; *p < 0.05

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