Working in dissonance: experiences of work instability in workers with common mental disorders

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

		Number of participants Total sample n = 27
Age	19–30 years	10
	31–45 years	9
	46–66 years	8
Sex	Women	19
Sex	Men	8
Marital status	Single	12
Marital status	Married/cohabitant	15
Children living at home	Yes	6
Children living at home	No	21
Diagnosis	F32-33 Depression	9
	F41, 43 Anxiety disorder	13
	Undiagnosed / Low mental wellbeing ^a	5
Specific job strains ^b	Physical tasks (major part of work involves physical strain)	9
	Interpersonal tasks (major part of work involves relating to others)	14
	None reported	4
Job classification according to major groups of International Standard Classification of Occupations ^c	Managers	2
	Professionals	12
	Technicians and associate professionals	3
	Clerical support workers	3
	Services and sales workers	5
	Plant and machine operators and assemblers	1
	Elementary occupations	1
Employment sector	Public sector	15
	Private sector	10
	Own company ^d	4

^adefined as scoring below 50 on the WHO5 Mental wellbeing index
^bself-reported, answering yes/no to the question: Does a significant part of your work consist of...
^coccupations among the participants were: child care worker, community health care worker, midwife, medical secretary, care auxiliary, medical laboratory scientist, engineer, cook, waiter, mechanical assembler, janitor, contact centre information clerk, artist, designer, actor, primary school teacher, secondary school teacher, professor, social worker, business controller assistant, business analyst, social welfare manager, project leader, audio technician
^dTwo participants were both employed and had their own companies

ISSN: 1471-2458