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Table 2 Frequency of psychosocial stress stratified by sex

From: Psychosocial stress impairs health behavior in patients with mental disorders

PHQ-stress scale (M; SD)

M

SD

     

p-value

 Total

8.08

4.26

     

<0.001

 Women

8.70

4.29

      

 Men

7.34

4.11

      

PHQ-stress items (M; n)

        

not bothered

bothered a little

bothered a lot

  

Worries about health

15.1

(335)

27.8

(619)

57.1

(1269)

 

<0.001

 Women

12.2

(152)

26.0

(325)

61.8

(772)

[1]

 

 Men

18.8

(183)

30.2

(294)

51.0

(497)

[1]

 

Stress at work or at school

43.7

(933)

22.0

(470)

34.3

(732)

 

<0.01

 Women

41.9

(501)

20.5

(245)

37.6

(449)

[3]

 

 Men

46.0

(432)

23.9

(225)

30.1

(283)

[3]

 

Worries about weight or look

31.9

(710)

36.0

(802)

32.1

(716)

 

<0.001

 Women

27.3

(343)

33.0

(415)

39.6

(498)

[2]

 

 Men

37.8

(367)

39.8

(387)

22.4

(218)

[6]

 

Financial problems or worries

39.6

(877)

30.1

(667)

30.2

(669)

 

n.s.

 Women

41.7

(519)

29.0

(361)

29.4

(366)

[5]

 

 Men

37.0

(358)

31.6

(306)

31.3

(303)

[2]

 

Little or no sexual desire

46.4

(1004)

26.7

(577)

26.9

(582)

 

<0.01

 Women

45.1

(543)

24.8

(299)

30.1

(363)

[4]

 

 Men

48.1

(461)

29.0

(278)

22.9

(219)

[5]

 

Difficulties with partner

49.7

(1066)

25.5

(546)

24.8

(532)

 

n.s.

 Women

48.7

(584)

25.1

(301)

26.1

(313)

[7]

 

 Men

51.0

(482)

25.9

(245)

23.2

(219)

[4]

 

Thinking / dreaming about something terrible that happened

56.2

(1236)

18.9

(416)

24.8

(546)

 

<0.001

 Women

49.1

(606)

21.6

(266)

29.3

(361)

[6]

 

 Men

65.3

(630)

15.5

(150)

19.2

(185)

[8]

 

Having no one to turn to with problems

47.2

(1041)

29.8

(657)

23.0

(507)

 

<0.05

 Women

45.0

(558)

30.4

(377)

24.7

(306)

[8]

 

 Men

50.1

(483)

29.0

(280)

20.9

(201)

[7]

 

Something bad that happened recently

64.4

(1391)

14.7

(317)

20.9

(452)

 

<0.001

 Women

60.8

(736)

15.2

(184)

24.0

(291)

[9]

 

 Men

69.0

(655)

14.0

(133)

17.0

(161)

[9]

 

Stress of care taking

61.5

(1336)

20.5

(446)

18.0

(392)

 

<0.001

 Women

57.3

(700)

21.6

(264)

21.0

(257)

[10]

 

 Men

66.7

(636)

19.1

(182)

14.2

(135)

[10]

 
  1. Psychosocial stressors are rated “not at all bothered” to “bothered a lot” and presented according to frequency of “bothered a lot”, rankings of men and women are presented in square brackets. Sex differences were calculated by Chi2-Test. Significant differences are highlighted in bold