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Table 1
Cronbach Alphas for Scales included in the Healthcare Workplace Survey
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Scale Cronbach Alphas
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Crowding 0.51
Noise 0.56
TechnoStress 0.71
Perceived Air Quality 0.82
Natural Elements 0.67
Role Ambiguity 0.67
Window/View 0.70
Maintenance 0.72
Ergonomics 0.68
Control 0.74
Workload 0.66
Social Support 0.71
Negative Affect 0.83
Job Stress 0.89
Need for Recovery 0.92
Mental Health 0.80
Health 1.00
Satisfaction 1.00

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Table 2
Summary of Regression Analysis for Variables Predicting Nurses’ Health (N = 190)
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Variable B SE B β
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Model 1
Age 0.292 0.145 0.045*
Job Stress 0.891 0.174 0.000*
Model 2
Age 0.226 0.174 0.111
Job Stress 0.878 0.176 0.359*
YrsHospital 0.009 0.013 0.059
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Note . R 2 = 0.030 for Model 1; Δ R 2 = 0.132 for Model 2; Δ R 2 = 0.002.
*p < 0.05.

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Table 3
Intercorrelations between Health and its Predictors
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Variable 1 2 3 4
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1. Age _ 0.175* 0.075 0.558**
2. Health _ 0.348** 0.169*
3. Job Stress _ 0.130
4. YrsHospital _
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Note. *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

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Figure 1. Model of Present Study
_ _ _ _ _ _ Significant relationship between years of experience and health when job stress is
included in Model 2.
_________ No significant relationship between years of experience and health when job stress is
not included in Model 2.
P** < 0.01.
Years of
Hospital
Experience
Job Stress Health
β = 0.359**
β = 0.059

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Figure 2. The relationship between years of hospital experience and health.