Table 6.
Correlation matrix for the various stress measures and IL-6 at time 2.
| IL-6 | PSS | DASS-Stress | OSI-Strain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSS | 0.252 | |||
| p-value | 0.031* | |||
| n | 73 | 75 | ||
| DASS-Stress | 0.372 | 0.457 | ||
| p-value | 0.004** | <0.001** | ||
| n | 57 | 59 | 59 | |
| OSI-Strain | 0.246 | 0.734 | 0.726 | |
| p-value | 0.068 | <0.001** | <0.001** | |
| n | 56 | 58 | 58 | 58 |
| OSI-Resources | −0.009 | −0.405 | −0.203 | −0.450 |
| p-value | 0.945 | 0.002** | 0.123 | <0.001** |
| n | 57 | 59 | 59 | 58 |
*
p is significant at the 0.05 level;
**
p is significant at the 0.01 level; IL-6 is interleukin-6; DASS-Stress is the stress subscale of the Depression and Anxiety Scale; OSI-R Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised; OSI-Strain is the Personal Strain Questionnaire (PSQ) subscale of the OSI-R; OSI-Resources is the Personal Resources Questionnaire (PRQ) subscale of the OSI-R.