Consequences of Job Insecurity on the Psychological and Physical Health of Greek Civil Servants

Table 4

Health behavior and health care service use.

	Investigation group	Control group 1 + 2
	Median (interquartile range)
Protective health behaviors
Breakfasts per week	3.5 (6.75)	5.0 (4.0)	NS
Regular meals per week	2.0 (2.0)	2.0 (1.0)	NS
Hours of night sleep per day	6.0 (2.0)	7.0 (1.0)	<0.001
Workout sessions per week	0.0 (0.0)	1.5 (3.0)	0.001
High risk health behaviors
Snacks per week	4.0 (4.0)	2.0 (3.75)	0.001
Cigarettes smokes per day	10.0 (20.0)	0.0 (10.0)	0.001
Coffees per day	2.0 (2.0)	1.5 (1.0)	0.001
Frequency of alcohol drinking per week	1.0 (2.0)	0.0 (1.0)	NS
Alcoholic drinks per week	0.5 (1.75)	0.0 (1.0)	NS
Sleeping pills per week	0.3 ± 1.2	0.1 ± 0.9	NS
Tranquilizers per week	0.3 ± 1.2	0.1 ± 0.9	NS
Nonpharmaceutical methods to achieve
sleep per week	1.0 ± 1.8	0.4 ± 1.4	0.015
Painkillers per week	1.8 ± 2.1	0.3 ± 1.0	<0.001
Health care services use
Medical consultations per month	0.4 ± 0.8	0.2 ± 0.6	0.048
Sick days per month	0.3 ± 0.9	0.0 ± 0.1	0.034

Mann-Whitney test.
Median ± SD.
NS: nonsignificant.