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. 2017 Jul 18;7(3):191–198. doi: 10.1016/j.jegh.2017.06.002

Table 2.

Distribution of depression, anxiety and occupational stress scores regarding teachers’ age, school type and educational level, salary, experience, qualifications and workload.

Variable Depression Score Anxiety score Occupational stress score
Age:
  - ≤40 years (No. = 264) 15.4 ± 9.9 19.8 ± 9.2 160.8 ± 22.9
  - >40 years (No. = 304) 17.0 ± 8.6 23.4 ± 8.2 168.1 ± 21.8
  - p-value 0.04 <0.001 <0.001
Gender:
  - Male 15.2 ± 6.2 19.8 ± 9.9 158.4 ± 22.4
  - Female 16.9 ± 6.6 22.6 ± 8.0 163.1 ± 21.7
  - p-value 0.002 <0.001 0.01
School type:
  - Private (No. = 228) 14.8 ± 8.0 21.6 ± 8.1 163.3 ± 25.8
  - Governmental (No. = 340) 17.2 ± 11.1 21.4 ± 9.5 157.9 ± 14.3
  - p-value 0.003 0.71 0.001
School educational level:
  - Primary (No. 236) 17.7 ± 8.4 22.5 ± 8.9 163.5 ± 24.5
  - Secondary (NO. 92) 15.1 ± 6.2 16.1 ± 9.9 155.5 ± 21.4
  - p-value 0.007 <0.001 0.006
Teachers’ salary:
  - Adequate (No. 48) 12.8 ± 5.6 20.2 ± 5.5 150.5 ± 17.5
  - Inadequate (No. 520) 16.6 ± 10.3 22.5 ± 7.2 162.5 ± 22.5
  - p-value <0.001 0.03 <0.001
Teachers’ experience
  - 1–5 years (No. = 172) 14.3 ± 10.1 16.2 ± 9.7 160.1 ± 18.6
  - 5–10 years (No. = 48) 16.8 ± 9.1 20.3 ± 9.0 160.4 ± 23.6
  - >10 years (No. = 348) 18.7 ± 8.9 25.1 ± 7.2 174.4 ± 21.7
  - P-value 0.006 <0.001 <0.001
Teachers’ qualifications
  - Diploma (No. = 32) 15.6 ± 9.9 20.8 ± 8.9 140.1 ± 10.8
  - Bachelor (No. = 496) 19.2 ± 4.3 24.9 ± 8.7 150.1 ± 32.8
  - Master and more (No. = 40) 23.0 ± 8.9 27.1 ± 6.9 163.9 ± 21.0
  - p-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Teachers ‘workload
  - 1–15 classes (No. = 204) 15.4 ± 8.6 20.9 ± 7.9 162.0 ± 22.6
  - 16–20 classes (No. = 200) 15.0 ± 10.1 20.7 ± 8.8 162.9 ± 19.7
  - >20 classes (No. = 168) 18.8 ± 7.3 23.0 ± 10.2 169.2 ± 24.8
  - p-value <0.001 0.03 <0.001