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Table 3 Comparison of lifetime prevalence of mental disorders (DSM-IV) by gender between teacher and control groups

From: Do teachers have more health problems? Results from a French cross-sectional survey

Lifetime DSM-IV diagnoses

Males

Females

 

Teachers (N = 1,496)

Controls (N = 875)

Teachers (N = 2,183)

Controls (N = 942)

 

N

n

%

N

n

%

N

n

%

N

n

%

Mood disorders

            

   Major Depressive Episode (MDE)

1,455

337

23.2

835

173

20.7

2,116

862

40.8

863

348

40.3

MDE moderate

1,455

163

11.2

835

84

10.1

2,116

424

20.0

863

179

20.7

MDE severe

1,455

58

4.0

835

34

4.1

2,116

214

10.1

863

95

11.0

   Other mood disorders

1,468

179

12.2

847

98

11.6

2,142

453

21.1

885

166

18.8

   Any mood disorder

1,455

373

25.6

835

195

23.4

2,116

943

44.6

863

372

43.1

Anxiety disorders

            

   Social phobia

1,469

29

2.0

850

27

3.2

2,109

64

3.0

876

43

4.9

   Specific phobia

1,468

37

2.5

835

27

3.2

2,114

87

4.1

868

53

6.1

   Agoraphobia

1,470

66

4.5

850

29

3.4

2,110

237

11.2

874

115

13.2

   Agoraphobia without history of panic disorder

1,470

56

3.8

850

27

3.2

2,110

222

10.5

874

103

11.8

   Any phobia (social, specific or agoraphobia)

1,457

94

6.5

834

47

5.6

2,081

306

14.7

860

140

16.3

   Panic disorder without agoraphobia

1,441

9

0.6

829

4

0.5

2,095

19

0.9

866

7

0.8

   Panic disorder with agoraphobia

1,441

5

0.3

829

1

0.1

2,095

13

0.6

866

11

1.3

   Any panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia)

1,441

15

1.0

829

5

0.6

2,095

34

1.6

866

18

2.1

   Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

1,434

15

1.0

824

6

0.7

2,080

18

0.9

860

8

0.9

   Any anxiety disorder (phobia, panic disorder or OCD)

1,417

109

7.7

807

52

6.4

2,017

330

16.4

820

152

18.5

Other disorders

            

   Alcohol abuse

1,445

13

0.9

844

8

0.9

2,045

8

0.4

842

3

0.4

   Alcohol dependency

1,445

16

1.1

844

9

1.1

2,045

8

0.4

842

6

0.7

   CAGE ≥ 2

1,429

176

12.3

818

92

11.2

1,948

86

4.4

756

48

6.3

   Anorexia nervosa

1,485

0

0.0

791

0

0.0

2,152

5

0.2

850

5

0.6*

   Bulimia

1,413

17

1.2

815

13

1.6

2,018

100

5.0

872

47

5.4

   Somatization disorder

1,439

2

0.1

801

4

0.5

2,081

23

1.1

862

13

1.5

   Undifferentiated somatoform disorder

1,439

44

3.1

801

14

1.7*

2,081

76

3.7

862

45

5.2

  1. N = Total weighted number of respondents in each category for each group. n = number of cases in each category for each group. % = proportion of cases in each category for each group. p = p-value from Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test adjusted for age and educational level (*p < 0.05 ; **p < 0.01 ; ***p < 0.001). Other mood disorders: adjustment disorder with depressed mood acute (<6 months), chronic (> 6 months) and dysthymic disorder.