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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