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Table 1 General characteristics of Study Subjects

From: Association between occupational noise and vibration and anxiety in the South Korean working population: a cross-sectional study

 

Anxiety

Male

 

Female

 

Yes

 

No

  

Yes

 

No

  

N

%

N

%

P Value

N

%

N

%

P Value

Total (n = 45,241)

 

643

(3.0)

20,969

(97.0)

 

761

(3.2)

22,868

(96.8)

 

Noise and vibration exposure

    

<.0001

    

<.0001

No exposure

 

97

(1.6)

5812

(98.4)

 

171

(1.8)

9176

(98.2)

 

Vibration exposure

 

22

(2.1)

1045

(97.9)

 

24

(2.4)

958

(97.6)

 

Noise exposure

 

46

(3.5)

1285

(96.5)

 

74

(3.7)

1953

(96.3)

 

Noise and Vibration exposure

478

(3.6)

12,827

(96.4)

 

492

(4.4)

10,781

(95.6)

 

Age

     

<.0001

    

<.0001

≤39

 

138

(2.2)

6044

(97.8)

 

143

(2.5)

5609

(97.5)

 

40–49

 

179

(3.6)

4802

(96.4)

 

141

(2.5)

5534

(97.5)

 

50–59

 

186

(3.5)

5125

(96.5)

 

243

(3.6)

6444

(96.4)

 

≥60

 

140

(2.7)

4998

(97.3)

 

234

(4.2)

5281

(95.8)

 

Education level

     

0.0249

    

<.0001

Middle school or lower

121

(3.7)

3164

(96.3)

 

221

(4.3)

4922

(95.7)

 

High school

 

218

(2.7)

7760

(97.3)

 

307

(3.3)

9013

(96.7)

 

University and higher

304

(2.9)

10,045

(97.1)

 

233

(2.5)

8933

(97.5)

 

Job collar

     

0.0313

    

<.0001

White

 

187

(3.0)

5995

(97.0)

 

166

(2.4)

6713

(97.6)

 

Blue

 

289

(2.7)

10,355

(97.3)

 

218

(3.5)

6012

(96.5)

 

Pink

 

167

(3.5)

4619

(96.5)

 

377

(3.6)

10,143

(96.4)

 

Income

     

<.0001

    

<.0001

Low

 

128

(3.6)

3433

(96.4)

 

356

(3.9)

8669

(96.1)

 

Mid-low

 

152

(2.5)

5931

(97.5)

 

210

(2.3)

9071

(97.7)

 

Mid-high

 

157

(2.5)

6190

(97.5)

 

98

(2.8)

3406

(97.2)

 

High

 

206

(3.7)

5415

(96.3)

 

97

(5.3)

1722

(94.7)

 

Fatigue

     

<.0001

    

<.0001

Yes

 

483

(9.5)

4628

(90.5)

 

600

(10.0)

5396

(90.0)

 

No

 

160

(1.0)

16,341

(99.0)

 

161

(0.9)

17,472

(99.1)

 

Hearing problem

     

<.0001

    

<.0001

Yes

 

52

(13.9)

321

(86.1)

 

43

(14.6)

252

(85.4)

 

No

 

591

(2.8)

20,648

(97.2)

 

718

(3.1)

22,616

(96.9)

 

Headache/ Eye Strain

     

<.0001

    

<.0001

Yes

 

340

(12.0)

2484

(88.0)

 

392

(11.6)

2976

(88.4)

 

No

 

303

(1.6)

18,485

(98.4)

 

369

(1.8)

19,892

(98.2)

 

Insomnia

     

<.0001

    

<.0001

Yes

 

206

(6.4)

3033

(93.6)

 

312

(7.1)

4094

(92.9)

 

No

 

437

(2.4)

17,936

(97.6)

 

449

(2.3)

18,774

(97.7)

 

Use of PPE

     

0.0683

    

0.1485

Yes

 

184

(2.7)

6714

(97.3)

 

127

(2.9)

4291

(97.1)

 

No

 

459

(3.1)

14,255

(96.9)

 

634

(3.3)

18,577

(96.7)

 

Work hour (hours)

     

<.0001

    

<.0001

≤40

 

223

(2.4)

9266

(97.6)

 

377

(3.1)

11,832

(96.9)

 

41–50

 

214

(3.5)

5917

(96.5)

 

140

(2.4)

5625

(97.6)

 

51–60

 

120

(3.0)

3833

(97.0)

 

152

(3.8)

3890

(96.2)

 

≥61

 

86

(4.2)

1953

(95.8)

 

92

(5.7)

1521

(94.3)

 

Work duration (years)

    

0.6366

    

0.0002

≤5

 

201

(2.8)

6862

(97.2)

 

296

(2.9)

10,054

(97.1)

 

5–10

 

199

(3.0)

6534

(97.0)

 

225

(3.1)

7072

(96.9)

 

≥10

 

243

(3.1)

7573

(96.9)

 

240

(4.0)

5742

(96.0)