Table 6.
Associations between stress responses (PHRF-SCL(SF) scores) and other variables (n = 1032).
| Anxiety | Tiredness | Autonomic Symptoms | Depression | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | (466) | High | (566) | Low | (425) | High | (607) | Low | (423) | High | (609) | Low | (417) | High | (615) | |||||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | p | n | (%) | n | (%) | p | n | (%) | n | (%) | p | n | (%) | n | (%) | p | |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 20–29 | 83 | (17.8) | 131 | (23.1) | 0.01 | 96 | (22.6) | 118 | (19.4) | 0.46 | 80 | (18.9) | 134 | (22.0) | 0.40 | 71 | (17.0) | 143 | (23.3) | <0.01 |
| 30–39 | 313 | (67.2) | 378 | (66.8) | 277 | (65.2) | 414 | (68.2) | 293 | (69.3) | 398 | (65.4) | 282 | (67.6) | 409 | (66.5) | ||||
| ≥40 | 70 | (15.0) | 57 | (10.1) | 52 | (12.2) | 75 | (12.4) | 50 | (11.8) | 77 | (12.6) | 64 | (15.3) | 63 | (10.2) | ||||
| Working status | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Full-time | 116 | (24.9) | 134 | (23.7) | 0.34 | 107 | (25.2) | 143 | (23.6) | 0.86 | 100 | (23.6) | 150 | (24.6) | 0.65 | 97 | (23.3) | 153 | (24.9) | 0.61 |
| Part-time | 96 | (20.6) | 127 | (22.4) | 87 | (20.5) | 136 | (22.4) | 85 | (20.1) | 138 | (22.7) | 85 | (20.4) | 138 | (22.4) | ||||
| Not working/ Maternity leave |
250 | (53.6) | 293 | (51.8) | 224 | (52.7) | 319 | (52.6) | 232 | (54.8) | 311 | (51.1) | 227 | (54.4) | 316 | (51.4) | ||||
| Others | 4 | (0.9) | 12 | (2.1) | 7 | (1.6) | 9 | (1.5) | 6 | (1.4) | 10 | (1.6) | 8 | (1.9) | 8 | (1.3) | ||||
| Economic status | ||||||||||||||||||||
| High | 177 | (38.0) | 122 | (21.6) | <0.01 | 163 | (38.4) | 136 | (22.4) | <0.01 | 154 | (36.4) | 145 | (23.8) | <0.01 | 170 | (40.8) | 129 | (21.0) | <0.01 |
| Low | 289 | (62.0) | 444 | (78.4) | 262 | (61.6) | 471 | (77.6) | 269 | (63.6) | 464 | (76.2) | 247 | (59.2) | 486 | (79.0) | ||||
| Difficulty in raising children | ||||||||||||||||||||
| High | 221 | (47.4) | 385 | (68.0) | <0.01 | 190 | (44.7) | 416 | (68.5) | <0.01 | 211 | (49.9) | 395 | (64.9) | <0.01 | 182 | (43.6) | 424 | (68.9) | <0.01 |
| Low | 245 | (52.6) | 181 | (32.0) | 235 | (55.3) | 191 | (31.5) | 212 | (50.1) | 214 | (35.1) | 235 | (56.4) | 191 | (31.1) | ||||
| Difficulty in accessing MCH services due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 181 | (38.8) | 291 | (51.4) | <0.01 | 164 | (38.6) | 308 | (50.7) | <0.01 | 165 | (39.0) | 307 | (50.4) | <0.01 | 161 | (38.6) | 311 | (50.6) | <0.01 |
| No | 285 | (61.2) | 275 | (48.6) | 261 | (61.4) | 299 | (49.3) | 258 | (61.0) | 302 | (49.6) | 256 | (61.4) | 304 | (49.4) | ||||
| Prefecture | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Okinawa | 108 | (23.2) | 150 | (26.5) | 0.54 | 101 | (23.8) | 157 | (25.9) | 0.15 | 85 | (20.1) | 173 | (28.4) | 0.02 | 104 | (24.9) | 154 | (25.0) | 0.11 |
| Kagoshima | 115 | (24.7) | 143 | (25.3) | 110 | (25.9) | 148 | (24.4) | 119 | (28.1) | 139 | (22.8) | 102 | (24.5) | 156 | (25.4) | ||||
| Fukuoka | 119 | (25.5) | 139 | (24.6) | 95 | (22.4) | 163 | (26.9) | 110 | (26.0) | 148 | (24.3) | 92 | (22.1) | 166 | (27.0) | ||||
| Tokyo | 124 | (26.6) | 134 | (23.7) | 119 | (28.0) | 139 | (22.9) | 109 | (25.8) | 149 | (24.5) | 119 | (28.5) | 139 | (22.6) | ||||