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. 2022 Feb 15;24(2):e28703. doi: 10.2196/28703

Table 1.

Comparison of demographic characteristics of participants between intervention and control groups.


Intervention (n=63) Control (n=63) Test statistic P value
Demographic information

Age (years), mean (SD) 38.6 (9.8) 37.3 (8.8) 0.75a .46

Gender, n (%) b 2.45c .12


Male 9 (14) 16 (25)


Female 54 (86) 47 (75)

Education, n (%) 0.89c .64


High school 12 (19) 10 (16)


Undergraduate 46 (73) 45 (71)


Graduate 5 (8) 8 (13)

Marital state, n (%) 1.56c .21


Single 26 (41) 33 (52)


Married 37 (59) 30 (48)

Alcohol, n (%) 0.05c .82


Yes 51 (81) 52 (83)


No 12 (19) 11 (18)

Smoking, n (%) 2.49c .12


Yes 3 (5) 8 (13)


No 60 (95) 55 (87)
Workplace information

Company size (employee), n (%) 2.24d .72


<10 5 (8) 5 (8)


10-29 2 (3) 6 (10)


30-99 11 (18) 11 (18)


100-299 5 (8) 4 (6)


≥300 40 (64) 37 (59)

Type of work field, n (%) 2.23d .85


Sales and services 3 (5) 1 (2)


Technical 2 (3) 3 (5)


Office 16 (25) 21 (33)


Professional 23 (37) 22 (35)


Civil servant/teacher 5 (8) 4 (6)


Othere 14 (22) 12 (19)

Type of employment, n (%) 0.95c .33


Regular position 51 (81) 55 (87)


Temporary position 12 (19) 8 (13)

Job grade, n (%) 3.27c .66


Staff 2 (3) 1 (2)


Administrative manager 12 (19) 12 (19)


Assistant manager 10 (16) 14 (22)


General manager 12 (19) 17 (27)


Director and higher 18 (29) 13 (21)


No job grade 9 (14) 6 (10)

Customer complaints, n (%) 0.93c .34


Yes 41 (65) 46 (73)


No 22 (35) 17 (27)

Income (KRWf), n (%) 3.23d .53


<₩2 million 15 (24) 10 (16)


₩2-3 million 30 (48) 34 (54)


₩3-4 million 8 (13) 9 (14)


₩4-5 million 5 (8) 8 (13)


>₩5 million 5 (8) 2 (3)

Work days/weekg, mean (SD) 5.0 (0.3) 5.1 (0.2) –0.72a .47

Work hours/dayg, mean (SD) 8.2 (0.9) 8.3 (0.7) –1.16a .25

Work experience in current work field (months)g, mean (SD) 133.2 (103.6) 128.0 (91.8) 0.30a .77

Work experience in current job (months)h, mean (SD) 107.3 (103.4) 91.2 (90.7) 0.92a .36

Number of late days in past month, mean (SD) 0.7 (1.8) 0.8 (1.9) –0.29a .77

Number of early leave days in past month, mean (SD) 0.3 (0.6) 0.3 (0.9) –0.34a .73

Number of absent days in past month, mean (SD) 0.1 (0.2) <0.1 (0.1) 1.01a .31

a2-tailed t test.

bNot applicable.

cChi-square test.

dFisher exact test.

eOther includes miscellaneous positions in the company <9 employees, company management position >10 employees, etc.

fKRW: South Korean Won. 1198 Won=$1 USD.

gOne value missing.

hFour values missing.