Table 1 General characteristics of subjects according to musculoskeletal symptoms
General characteristics | Symptom (+) | Symptom (-) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 2,362 | n = 19,104 | |||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Age (years) | 39.0 | 6.6 | 39.6 | 7.4 | <0.01 | |
Tenure (years) | 11.1 | 6.7 | 11.7 | 7.5 | <0.01 | |
n | % | N | % | |||
Marriage | Married | 2,003 | 11.2 | 15,807 | 88.8 | <0.01 |
Single | 359 | 9.8 | 3,228 | 90.2 | ||
Education (years) | <16 | 894 | 10.9 | 7,295 | 89.1 | <0.01 |
≧16 | 1,468 | 11.1 | 11,809 | 89.9 | ||
Problem drinking | Yes | 881 | 10.1 | 7,875 | 89.9 | 0.02 |
No | 1,481 | 11.7 | 11,229 | 88.3 | ||
Exercise | Yes | 2,103 | 10.9 | 17,137 | 89.1 | <0.01 |
No | 259 | 11.6 | 1,967 | 88.4 | ||
Smoking | Yes | 1,000 | 11.6 | 7,612 | 88.4 | <0.01 |
No | 1,362 | 10.6 | 11,492 | 89.4 | ||
Main job | Firefighting | 1,113 | 10.5 | 9,476 | 89.5 | <0.01 |
Rescue | 597 | 16.9 | 2,932 | 83.1 | ||
Emergency medical service | 254 | 12.9 | 1,718 | 87.1 | ||
Others | 398 | 7.4 | 4,978 | 92.6 | ||
Job class | Firefighter | 517 | 10.7 | 4,334 | 89.3 | <0.01 |
Senior fire sergeant | 890 | 12.8 | 6,085 | 87.2 | ||
Fire sergeant | 727 | 11.5 | 5,588 | 88.5 | ||
Fire lieutenant or higher | 228 | 6.9 | 3,077 | 93.1 | ||
Depression(CES-D) * | < 21 | 1,608 | 16.0 | 16,051 | 84.0 | <0.01 |
≧ 21 | 754 | 31.9 | 3,053 | 68.1 | ||