Research Article

Social Psychiatry in the Waiting Room: What a Physician Can Learn about Occupational Stress from Workers Waiting to Be Examined

Table 1

Characteristics of the observed samples.

PopulationNumberGender, male (%)Age (mean ± s.d.)

A-radiologists314251 (79.9)
B-health care workers, infectious diseases hospital21794 (43.3)
C-health care workers, general hospital16258 (35.8)
D-insurance company white collar workers5119 (37.3)
E-elderly workers197126 (64.0)
F-policemen290290 (100.0)

Total1231838 (68.1)