Table 4 Group differences between police and a general Norwegian population sample. General population: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (N = 61,216)
From: An exploration of job stress and health in the Norwegian police service: a cross sectional study
Police | General population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Females | mean | SD | mean | SD | p | |
Age | HADS-Ab | |||||
20–29 | 4.0 | (2.6) | 4.5 | (3.2) | * | |
30–39 | 4.2 | (3.0) | 4.6 | (3.4) | * | |
40–49 | 4.2 | (3.3) | 4.6 | (3.5) | Ns | |
50–59 | 4.1 | (3.2) | 4.8 | (3.6) | Ns | |
HADS-Db | ||||||
20–29 | 1.6 | (1.9) | 2.2 | (2.4) | *** | |
30–39 | 2.5 | (2.5) | 2.7 | (2.8) | Ns | |
40–49 | 3.0 | (3.1) | 3.2 | (3.0) | Ns | |
50–59 | 3.2 | (3.2) | 3.7 | (3.1) | Ns | |
Males | ||||||
Age | HADS-Ab | |||||
20–29 | 3.2 | (2.3) | 4.1 | (2.9) | *** | |
30–39 | 3.7 | (2.8) | 4.2 | (3.1) | *** | |
40–49 | 4.0 | (3.1) | 4.2 | (3.3) | * | |
50–59 | 3.6 | (3.3) | 4.0 | (3.6) | * | |
HADS-Db | ||||||
20–29 | 1.5 | (1.9) | 2.4 | (2.4) | *** | |
30–39 | 2.8 | (2.8) | 2.9 | (2.7) | Ns | |
40–49 | 3.6 | (3.1) | 3.6 | (3.0) | Ns | |
50–59 | 3.7 | (3.2) | 4.1 | (3.2) | * | |