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Table 2 Parameters of health status and health behaviour in the total sample and stratified for two groups of low vs. high stress reactivity +

From: Self-perceived stress reactivity is an indicator of psychosocial impairment at the workplace

Characteristic

Total

(n = 174)

Group with low

stress reactivity

(n = 88)

Group with high

stress reactivity

(n = 86)

P value

Health status

Psychosomatic total score (GBB-24)

9.45 (9.3)

7.73 (8.4)

11.22 (9.9)

.009 a

   Exhaustion

2.41 (3.6)

1.89 (2.9)

2.94 (4.2)

.300 a

   Gastrointestinal complaints

1.87 (2.4)

1.76 (2.7)

1.99 (2.0)

133 a

   Musculoskeletal complaints

3.86 (3.5)

3.31 (3.3)

4.43 (3.5)

.020 a

   Cardiovascular complaints

1.31 (2.2)

0.77 (1.7)

1.86 (2.4)

< .001 a

Depression (HADS)

4.42 (3.25)

3.26 (2.8)

5.60 (3.2)

< .001 a

Anxiety (HADS)

6.01 (3.07)

4.93 (2.9)

7.12 (2.8)

< .001 a

Health behaviour

Intensive sports (hours per week)

1.27 (2.0)

1.68 (2.3)

0.85 (1.4)

.018 a

Smoking behaviour

    

   Smokers [n (%)]

51 (29.3%)

25 (28.4%)

26 (30.2%)

.222 b

   Never smoked [n (%)]

61 (35.1%)

36 (40.9%)

25 (29.1%)

 

   Stopped smoking [n (%)]

62 (35.6%)

27 (30.7%)

35 (40.7%)

 

Overweight (BMI)

28.00 (4.06)

27.84 (4.1)

28.17 (4.0)

.782 c

Waist circumference

99.34 (11.0)

99.02 (11.1)

99.67 (10.9)

.696 a

Sleeping behaviour

    

   No sleeping problems [n (%)]

91 (60.3%)

51 (65.4%)

40 (54.8%)

.386 b

   Some sleeping problems [n (%)]

43 (28.5%)

20 (25.6%)

23 (31.5%)

 

   Major sleeping problems [n (%)]

17 (11.3%)

7 (9.0%)

10 (13.7%)

 
  1. + = mean (SD), unless otherwise stated.
  2. a = Mann Whitney U-test
  3. b = Chi2 test
  4. c = t-test