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Table 3 Correlation and co-occurrence of the nurses’ health outcomes (n = 170)

From: Work environment-related factors and nurses’ health outcomes: a cross-sectional study in Lebanese hospitals

A. Correlation between the nurses’ self-reported physical and mental health outcomes

 

Musculoskeletal disease

Cardiovascular disease

Mental disorder

Skin disease

Emotional exhaustion

aMusculoskeletal

1

    

aCardiovascular

0.25**

1

   

aMental disorder

0.45**

0.46**

1

  

aSkin disease

0.26**

0.41**

0.37**

1

 

bEmotional exhaustion

0.19*

−0.002

0.22**

0.006

1

B. Co-occurrence of nurses’ health outcomes

Number of co-occurring health outcomes

n (%)

 0 (No reported disease)

17 (10.00%)

 1

34 (20.00%)

 2

25 (14.71%)

 3

34 (20.00%)

 4

40 (23.53%)

 5 (all five health outcomes)

20 (11.76%)

  1. **P-value< 0.01; *P-value< 0.05
  2. aPhysical health diseases: 0 = disease does not exist, 1 = disease exists (based on own diagnosis or a diagnosis by doctor)
  3. bEmotional exhaustion: 0 = low emotional exhaustion, 1 = high emotional exhaustion