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Table 2 General characteristics of study subjects among non-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 Non-depressed group (n = 512, 100.0%)

Non-depressed-maintained group (n = 333, 65.0%)

Non-depressed-deteriorated group (n = 179, 35.0%)

p-value

N (%) or M ± SD

N (%) or M ± SD

N (%) or M ± SD

 

Sex

 Male

428 (83.6%)

286 (66.8%)

142 (33.2%)

0.056

 Female

84 (16.4%)

47 (56.0%)

37 (44.0%)

 

Age (year)

 

28.21 ± 2.70

28.20 ± 2.67

28.22 ± 2.78

0.929

Smoking history

 Non smoker

297 (58.0%)

191 (64.3%)

106 (35.7%)

0.836

 Past smoker

75 (14.6%)

51 (68.0%)

24 (32.0%)

 

 Current smoker

140 (27.3%)

91 (65.0%)

49 (35.0%)

 

Heavy drinking

 No

423 (82.6%)

275 (65.0%)

148 (35.0%)

0.978

 Yes

89 (17.4%)

58 (65.2%)

31 (34.8%)

 

Adequate physical activity

 No

343 (67.0%)

214 (62.4%)

129 (37.6%)

0.073

 Yes

169 (33.0%)

119 (70.4%)

50 (29.6%)

 

Career (year)

 

2.14 ± 1.39

2.19 ± 1.37

2.05 ± 1.44

0.272

Working hours (hours/week)

  ≤ 40

73 (14.3%)

52 (71.2%)

21 (28.8%)

0.305

 41~ 50

249 (48.6%)

166 (66.7%)

83 (33.3%)

 

 51~ 60

145 (28.3%)

86 (59.3%)

59 (40.7%)

 

  ≥ 61

45 (8.8%)

29 (64.4%)

16 (35.6%)

 

Job task

 Office

445 (86.9%)

284 (63.8%)

161 (36.2%)

0.136

 Labor/Service

67 (13.1%)

49 (73.1%)

18 (26.9%)

 

Education

  ≤ College

417 (81.4%)

268 (64.3%)

149 (35.7%)

0.444

  ≥ Master degree

95 (18.6%)

65 (68.4%)

30 (31.6%)

 

Marital status

 Unmarried/Divorced

384 (75.0%)

247 (64.3%)

137 (35.7%)

0.556

 Married

128 (25.0%)

86 (67.2%)

42 (32.8%)

 

Occupational Stress

 1st quartile

201 (39.3%)

150 (74.6%)

51 (25.4%)

< 0.001

 2nd quartile

161 (31.4%)

104 (64.6%)

57 (35.4%)

 

 3rd quartile

97 (18.9%)

51 (52.6%)

46 (47.4%)

 

 4th quartile

53 (10.4%)

28 (52.8%)

25 (47.2%)

 

 Total score

36.68 ± 10.30

35.20 ± 10.56

39.45 ± 9.22

< 0.001

Occupational stress sub-domains score

 Job demand

46.50 ± 16.41

44.84 ± 16.49

49.58 ± 15.83

0.002

 Insufficient job control

45.25 ± 14.11

44.02 ± 14.47

47.53 ± 13.15

0.007

 Interpersonal conflict

29.56 ± 13.63

28.66 ± 14.57

31.22 ± 11.53

0.030

 Job insecurity

30.14 ± 20.45

28.48 ± 20.43

33.24 ± 20.18

0.012

 Organizational system

38.75 ± 14.74

37.29 ± 15.18

41.48 ± 13.51

0.002

 Lack of reward

37.17 ± 13.73

35.20 ± 13.51

40.84 ± 13.41

< 0.001

 Occupational climate

29.41 ± 15.96

27.88 ± 16.15

32.26 ± 15.22

0.003