Effects of Workplace-Related Factors on the Prevalence of Fibromyalgia among Israeli Kindergarten Teachers

Table 4

Comparison of posttraumatic symptoms between kindergarten teachers with and without FMS.

	FMS status	N	Mean	Std. deviation	Sig. (2-tailed)
Involuntary sad thoughts	FMS	59	0.92	0.896	0.000
	Non-FMS	161	0.45	0.707
Nightmares related to traumatic event	FMS	58	0.64	0.788	0.002
	Non-FMS	160	0.31	0.616
Reexperiencing traumatic event	FMS	57	0.58	0.801	0.000
	Non-FMS	151	0.23	0.556
Anger, sadness, or blame when reminded of event	FMS	57	0.93	0.842	0.012
	Non-FMS	159	0.60	0.850
Physiological feelings in response to remembering traumatic event	FMS	58	0.81	0.888	0.019
	Non-FMS	153	0.50	0.820
Avoiding thoughts about traumatic event	FMS	58	0.69	0.922	0.071
	Non-FMS	150	0.47	0.739
Avoiding activities related to traumatic event	FMS	58	0.59	0.838	0.157
	Non-FMS	154	0.41	0.797
Less interest in important activities	FMS	58	0.95	1.050	0.006
	Non-FMS	151	0.55	0.869
Feeling cut off or isolated	FMS	58	0.88	0.919	0.054
	Non-FMS	154	0.61	0.895
Feeling emotional dullness	FMS	57	0.81	0.934	0.011
	Non-FMS	153	0.46	0.835
Hypervigilance	FMS	40	0.88	0.966	0.000
	Non-FMS	98	0.21	0.542