Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of heart attack survivors (≤ 5 years after attack) not at work and at work
| Sample characteristics | Not at work; N = 113 N (%)a |
At work; N = 78 N (%)a |
P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 85 (75) | 72 (92) | 0.002 | |||
| Female | 28 (25) | 6 (8) | |||||
| Age | ≤ 55 years | 20 (34) | 33 (42) | 0.000 | |||
| > 55 and ≤65 years | 93 (66) | 45 (58) | |||||
| Current smokerb | Yes | Cigarettesc | 13 (24) | 13 (65) | 12 (30) | 13 (76) | 0.493 |
| Roll ups | 7 (35) | 4 (24) | |||||
| No | 41 (76) | 28 (70) | 0.520 | ||||
| Alcohol (last 12 months) | Twice or more a day | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 0.009 | |||
| (Almost) daily | 31 (30) | 20 (30) | |||||
| Once or twice a week | 29 (28) | 26 (39) | |||||
| Once or twice a month | 8 (8) | 12 (18) | |||||
| Special occasions only | 13 (13) | 7 (10) | |||||
| Not at all | 20 (19) | 1 (1) | |||||
| Moderate or vigorous sport activities | Yes | 73 (71) | 61 (78) | 0.043 | |||
| No | 40 (29) | 17 (22) | |||||
| General health | Very good | 8 (7) | 14 (18) | 0.000 | |||
| Good | 21 (20) | 24 (32) | |||||
| Fair | 43 (41) | 34 (45) | |||||
| Bad | 25 (24) | 4 (5) | |||||
| Very bad | 9 (8) | 0 (0) | |||||
| GHQ (range 0–36)d | Mean (SD) | 11.30 (3.670) | 9.43 (2.500) | 0.004 | |||
| Participation (range 1–8)e | Between 1 and 4 activities | 50 (52) | 18 (27) | 0.002 | |||
| Between 5 and 8 activities | 47 (48) | 49 (73) | |||||
| CES-D 8 (0–8; cut-off ≥3)f | No depressive symptoms | 80 (71) | 72 (92) | 0.000 | |||
| Depressive symptoms | 33 (29) | 6 (8) | |||||
| Quality of life (CASP19)g | |||||||
| - Control (0–12) | Mean (SD) | 7.10 (2.823) | 7.97 (2.469) | 0.048 | |||
| - Autonomy (0–15) | Mean (SD) | 8.41 (2.744) | 9.19 (2.865) | 0.085 | |||
| - Self-realisation (0–15) | Mean (SD) | 7.99 (3.330) | 9.94 (3.059) | 0.000 | |||
| - Pleasure (0–15) | Mean (SD) | 12.38 (2.845) | 13.08 (2.621) | 0.114 | |||
| Job satisfaction (range 4–48)h | Mean (SD) | n/a | 30.50 (5.328) | n/a | |||
| Expectation of being at work (0–100%) after certain agei | Below or equal to 50% | 95 (94) | 34 (44) | 0.000 | |||
| Above 50% | 6 (6) | 44 (56) | |||||
aIf numbers do not add up to 113 (not at work) or 78 (at work), there were missing values; bOnly persons who have ever smoked were included; cOnly current smokers were included;d GHQ General Health Questionnaire; N = 60 not at work; N = 44 at work eParticipation activities are e.g., voting, reading newspaper, having a hobby, taking vacation, using internet, using mobile phone; fCES-D 8 = 8-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; g N = 96 not at work; N = 64 at work; hOnly those at work were included; i N = 92 not at work; N = 76 at work (only women ≤59 and men ≤64 are included)