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Table 5 Mean (M) and standard deviation (SD) of the anxiety score of subgroups of employees according to gender, age group and occupational status (WT: blue- or white-collar Workers and Technicians; Ma: engineers or junior executives and upper Management)

From: A validation study of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) in a large sample of French employees

Female M(SD)

Male M(SD)

Age according occupational status

Age according occupational status

Under 30

WT

5.84 (3.6)

Under 30

WT

4.97 (3.1)

n = 1361

n = 1327

Ma

5.89 (3.3)

Ma

4.94 (2.8)

n = 695

n = 1016

30 to 39

WT

6.82 (4)

30 to 39

WT

5.6 (3.4)

n = 1535

 

n = 2014

Ma

6.26 (3.6)

Ma

5.19 (3.1)

n = 1229

n = 2230

40 to 49

WT

6.97 (3.9)

40 to 49

WT

5.83 (3.4)

n = 1034

n = 1341

Ma

6.69 (3.8)

Ma

5.47 (3.2)

n = 859

n = 1981

50 and over

WT

7.05 (3.9)

50 and over

WT

6.07 (3.4)

n = 894

n = 1100

Ma

7.2 (3.8)

Ma

5.38 (3.2)

n = 465

n = 1911