Table 2.

Coping strategies for reducing work stress in the study sample

Rank	Coping strategy	Frequency
		Overall	Male	Female
1	Resting and taking breaks	87 (81–93)	80 (68–92)	91 (85–97)
2	Interactions with people	64 (56–72)	55 (40–70)	68 (58–78)
3	Hobbies	59 (51–67)	63 (49–77)	58 (48–68)
4	Sports	59 (51–67)	65 (51–79)	55 (45–65)*
5	Forgetting about work	41 (33–49)	40 (26–54)	42 (32–52)
6	Spending money, shopping	31 (23–39)	15 (5–25)	39 (29–49)**
7	Active coping strategies	25 (18–32)	18 (7–29)	29 (20–38)
8	Eating	14 (8–20)	8 (0–16)	17 (9–25)
9	Smoking	9 (4–14)	13 (3–23)	8 (2–14)
10	Alcohol	3 (2–6)	3 (0–8)	3 (0–6)

Values are given as % (95% CI). *P = 0.01; **P = 0.007 (chi-square test).