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Occup Environ Med 59:836-841 doi:10.1136/oem.59.12.836
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Self perceived work related stress and the relation with salivary IgA and lysozyme among emergency department nurses

Table 5

Partial correlations between log salivary IgA and lysozyme secretion rate (μg/min) and scores of PSS and subscales (n=132)

Log IgA (p)* Log lysozyme (p)*
*Partial correlations were calculated after controlling for marital status and work experience (years).
†Significant after Bonferroni correction for PSS subscales.
Mental health professional stress scale (PSS) −0.28 (0.001) −0.28 (0.001)
    Workload (WL) −0.15 (0.097) −0.08 (0.338)
    Patient related difficulty (PD) −0.15 (0.094) −0.14 (0.107)
    Organisational structure (OS) −0.27 (0.002)† −0.20 (0.023)
    Lack of resource (RES) −0.24 (0.005)† −0.18 (0.040)
    Conflict with other professionals (COF) −0.28 (0.001)† −0.39 (0.000)†
    Professional self doubt (SD) −0.07 (0.464) −0.19 (0.028)
    Home-work conflict (HW) −0.33 (0.000)† −0.19 (0.028)

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