Ranking (in descending importance) of main causes of stress: 7=highest to 0=lowest
| Cause | Number responding | Respondents ranking, n (%) | Mean±SD ranking | |
| Highest | Second highest | |||
| Excessive work | 341 | 162 (47) | 77 (23) | 4.59±1.99 |
| Working conditions beyond control | 331 | 49 (15) | 112 (24) | 3.85±1.82 |
| Other work pressures | 320 | 27 (8) | 38 (12) | 2.77±1.92 |
| Conflict at work | 288 | 25 (9) | 26 (12) | 2.52±1.92 |
| Work not confident to do | 289 | 20 (7) | 27 (9) | 2.42±1.90 |
| Clinical errors | 291 | 13 (4) | 26 (9) | 2.40±1.73 |
| Issues outside work | 320 | 34 (11) | 18 (6) | 1.49±2.46 |
| Accusations of inappropriate behaviour | 283 | 21 (7) | 10 (4) | 0.63±2.23 |
Variable numbers result from some respondents not grading all factors. If recalculated after assigning assumed missing values, similar results and identical ranking order were obtained. Seventy-one respondents stated that they did not feel stressed but 26 of these still reported reasons for stress; these are included here (excluding them did not affect the rankings).