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Table 1 General characteristics of total study subjects between non-depressed group and depressed group at baseline

From: Effects of changes in occupational stress on the depressive symptoms of Korean workers in a large company: a longitudinal survey

 

Total study subjects (n = 1036, 100.0%)

Non-depressed group (n = 512, 49.4%)

Depressed group (n = 524, 50.6%)

p-value

N (%) or M ± SD

N (%) or M ± SD

N (%) or M ± SD

Sex

 Male

843 (81.4%)

428 (50.8%)

415 (49.2%)

0.069

 Female

193 (18.6%)

84 (43.5%)

109 (56.5%)

 

Age (year)

 

28.25 ± 2.82

28.21 ± 2.70

28.30 ± 2.93

0.620

Smoking history

 Non smoker

589 (56.9%)

297 (50.4%)

292 (49.6%)

0.745

 Past smoker

158 (15.3%)

75 (47.5%)

83 (52.5%)

 

 Current smoker

289 (27.9%)

140 (48.4%)

149 (51.6%)

 

Heavy drinking

 No

847 (81.8%)

423 (49.9%)

424 (50.1%)

0.478

 Yes

189 (18.2%)

89 (47.1%)

100 (52.9%)

 

Adequate physical activity

 No

744 (71.8%)

343 (46.1%)

401 (53.9%)

0.001

 Yes

292 (28.2%)

169 (57.9%)

123 (42.1%)

 

Career (year)

 

2.26 ± 1.32

2.14 ± 1.39

2.37 ± 1.23

0.005

Working hours (hours/week)

  ≤ 40

122 (11.8%)

73 (59.8%)

49 (40.2%)

< 0.001

 41~ 50

432 (41.7%)

249 (57.6%)

183 (42.4%)

 

 51~ 60

351 (33.9%)

145 (41.3%)

206 (58.7%)

 

  ≥ 61

131 (12.6%)

45 (34.4%)

86 (65.6%)

 

Job task

 Office

886 (85.5%)

445 (50.2%)

441 (49.8%)

0.208

 Labor/Service

150 (14.5%)

67 (44.7%)

83 (55.3%)

 

Education

  ≤ College

840 (81.1%)

417 (49.6%)

423 (50.4%)

0.767

  ≥ Master degree

196 (18.9%)

95 (48.5%)

101 (51.5%)

 

Marital status

 Unmarried/Divorced

793 (76.5%)

384 (48.4%)

409 (51.6%)

0.271

 Married

243 (23.5%)

128 (52.7%)

115 (47.3%)

 

Occupational stress

 1st quartile

256 (24.7%)

201 (78.5%)

55 (21.5%)

< 0.001

 2nd quartile

269 (26.0%)

161 (59.9%)

108 (40.1%)

 

 3rd quartile

251 (24.2%)

97 (38.6%)

154 (61.4%)

 

 4th quartile

260 (25.1%)

53 (20.4%)

207 (79.6%)

 

 Total score

41.72 ± 11.33

36.68 ± 10.30

46.63 ± 10.07

< 0.001

Occupational stress sub-domains score

 Job demand

52.15 ± 17.58

46.50 ± 16.41

57.67 ± 16.95

< 0.001

 Insufficient job control

48.32 ± 14.94

45.25 ± 14.11

51.32 ± 15.13

< 0.001

 Interpersonal conflict

33.68 ± 14.46

29.56 ± 13.63

37.70 ± 14.12

< 0.001

 Job insecurity

35.60 ± 21.94

30.14 ± 20.45

40.94 ± 22.06

< 0.001

 Organizational system

43.32 ± 16.70

38.75 ± 14.74

47.77 ± 17.29

< 0.001

 Lack of reward

43.85 ± 16.32

37.17 ± 13.73

50.38 ± 16.01

< 0.001

 Occupational climate

35.10 ± 17.32

29.41 ± 15.96

40.66 ± 16.79

< 0.001