Table 3.

Relationship Between Socio-Demographics and Anxiety and Depression

Socio-Demographic	GAS			GDS
	Mean ± SD	F	P	Mean ± SD	F	P
Gender		−2.83	0.005		−4.28	< 0.001
Male	5.61 ± 2.58			4.40 ± 2.66
Female	6.06 ± 2.40			5.11 ± 2.58
Age		9.65	< 0.001		6.31	< 0.001
20~29	5.57 ± 2.52			4.63 ± 2.63
30~39	6.37 ± 2.33			5.32 ± 2.57
40~49	6.03 ± 2.34			4.79 ± 2.57
50~59	5.54 ± 2.92			4.67 ± 2.70
Occupation		8.32	< 0.001		5.26	< 0.001
Doctor	5.98 ± 2.49			4.75 ± 2.56
Nurse	6.05 ± 2.39			5.12 ± 2.63
Medical technician	4.14 ± 2.61			3.61 ± 2.61
Pharmacist	5.12 ± 2.10			4.25 ± 2.87
Administrator	6.15 ± 2.16			4.95 ± 2.28
Technical title		10.00	< 0.001		8.45	< 0.001
Primary	5.67 ± 2.52			4.76 ± 2.62
Middle	6.58 ± 2.25			5.54 ± 2.59
Vice-senior	6.00 ± 2.32			4.63 ± 2.47
Senior	5.75 ± 2.68			4.09 ± 2.74
Position		−2.03	0.042		−0.46	0.646
Non-management	5.87 ± 2.48			4.90 ± 2.63
Management	6.27 ± 2.32			4.99 ± 2.59
Educational background		0.24	0.913		2.84	0.023
High school	6.40 ± 0.55			5.40 ± 1.82
Junior college	5.85 ± 2.46			4.90 ± 2.49
Bachelor	5.94 ± 2.48			5.04 ± 2.64
Master	5.98 ± 2.43			4.63 ± 2.60
Doctorate	5.43 ± 2.24			3.21 ± 2.26
Working years		9.30	< 0.001		4.47	0.004
1~9	5.68 ± 2.51			4.75 ± 2.63
10~19	6.52 ± 2.21			5.33 ± 2.55
20~29	6.14 ± 2.37			5.04 ± 2.54
30~39	5.37 ± 3.15			4.05 ± 2.93
Employment relation		2.07	0.126		0.95	0.385
Contract worker	5.79 ± 2.48			5.03 ± 2.61
Personnel agency	5.91 ± 2.53			4.75 ± 2.68
Permanent staff	6.10 ± 2.40			4.87 ± 2.60
Department		3.54	< 0.001		1.56	0.112
Internal medicine	5.84 ± 2.47			4.90 ± 2.61
Surgical	6.03 ± 2.36			4.92 ± 2.62
Gynecology and obstetrics	6.52 ± 2.35			5.41 ± 2.43
Pediatrics	6.35 ± 2.42			5.21 ± 2.70
Otolaryngology	5.63 ± 2.29			4.60 ± 2.58
Stomatology	5.08 ± 2.68			4.58 ± 2.75
Emergency medicine	6.39 ± 2.28			5.06 ± 2.73
Intensive care unit (ICU)	6.39 ± 2.55			4.89 ± 2.71
Traditional Chinese medicine	6.04 ± 2.46			5.17 ± 2.41
Medical laboratory	4.46 ± 2.55			3.90 ± 2.84
Others	5.64 ± 2.67			4.71 ± 2.66