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Table 3 Mean health scores by government employee category

From: The impact of employee level and work stress on mental health and GP service use: an analysis of a sample of Australian government employees

 

Government employee category:

 

Junior

Intermediate

Senior I

Senior 2

Executive

P

Men

Self-rated health

2.48

(2.17–2.80)

2.31

(2.14–2.48)

2.26

(2.11–2.42)

2.25

(2.10–2.40)

2.08

(1.82–2.34)

0.42

SF-12 mental health

51.91

(49.60–54.22)

50.92

(49.17– 52.66)

49.35

(47.64– 51.07)

50.52

(49.13– 51.91)

49.71

(47.50– 51.92)

0.49

SF-12 physical health

52.91

(50.91–54.92)

51.60

(50.25–52.95)

52.56

(51.36–53.76)

52.83

(51.81–53.86)

54.65

(52.47-56.83)

0.18

Goldberg Depression Score

2.50

(1.61–3.39)

2.09

(1.64–2.53)

2.17

(1.75–2.59)

2.15

(1.80–2.50)

1.45

(1.01–1.88)

0.35

Goldberg Anxiety Score

3.30

(2.27–4.33)

3.12

(2.58–3.65)

3.18

(2.69–3.66)

3.65

(3.22–4.08)

3.13

(3.22–4.08)

0.54

Positive affect

31.53

(28.89–34.18)

30.25

(28.91–31.59)

31.65

(30.46–32.84)

32.87

(31.70–34.04)

34.29

(32.74–35.84)

0.01

Negative affect

16.93

(14.98–18.89)

16.25

(14.96–17.54)

16.31

(15.34–17.29)

16.31

(15.32–17.30)

15.45

(14.00–16.90)

0.88

GP services used

2.86

(1.54–4.17)

3.24

(2.39–4.08)

3.12

(2.45–3.79)

2.14

(1.97–2.85)

2.30

(1.37–3.23)

0.33

Women

Self-rated health

2.36

(2.17–2.55)

2.24

(2.09–2.39)

2.13

(1.94–2.32)

2.14

(1.90–2.38)

2.35

(1.81–2.90)

0.42

SF-12 mental health

47.98

(45.52–50.30)

48.12

(45.95–50.30)

48.40

(46.19–50.61)

51.11

(49.18–53.03)

52.60

(49.48–55.71)

0.91

SF-12 physical health

51.68

(50.12–53.24)

52.55

(51.10–53.99)

52.29

(50.58–54.01)

51.11

(49.18–53.03)

52.60

(49.48–55.74)

0.76

Goldberg Depression Score

2.76

(2.20–3.32)

2.58

(2.13–3.02)

2.35

(1.84–2.86)

2.02

(1.46–2.58)

2.24

(1.12–3.35)

0.39

Goldberg Anxiety Score

3.96

(3.37–4.54)

3.78

(3.28–4.29)

4.01

(3.39–4.63)

3.38

(2.70–4.05)

3.41

(2.21–4.62)

0.62

Positive affect

29.59

(28.14–31.03)

31.78

(30.63– 32.94)

32.05

(30.72– 33.37)

32.30

(30.68–33.91)

32.59

(30.30–34.87)

0.03

Negative affect

17.89

(16.12–19.66)

17.31

(16.05–18.57)

17.70

(16.16–19.24)

16.64

(14.76–18.52)

17.59

(14.70–20.48)

0.87

GP services used

4.21

(3.36–5.06)

5.11

(4.03–6.19)

4.47

(3.33–5.62)

3.15

(2.35–3.96)

4.73

(2.33–7.13)

0.16