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executed in the frame of Festival of Health in towns across
whole Slovakia.
3.3 Measuring tools
Examination of all participants was done in 24 Slovak towns.
The measurements took 8 hours a day, usually on the town
squares. Any people taking psychopharmacs, antidepressants,
antipsychotics were excluded from the test sample. The choice
of participants was coincidental, we just relied on their interest in
our measurements. The examination itself was organized in a
following way. A participant was seated and instructed to calm
down. Before the analysis itself, we were finding out whether
they have not eaten or drunk any stimulative stuff or energy
drinks recently. The whole examination took about 10 minutes.
After answering all the questions, we put a sensor on their left
forefinger. In the course of next three minutes we were
observing measured parameters of a participant and the
consequent data interpretation took about another 7 minutes.
3.4 Statistical analysis
We used a statistical program SPSS 21 for evaluation of all
obtained data. Since the distribution of our sample was uneven
we had to use nonparametric tests.
4 Conclusion
Basic analysis
What is the overall influence of the stress score in our sample a)
as a whole, and b) when divided according to the regions and
gender?
What is the total rate of emotional and physical stress and the
exhaustion index in the whole sample and when divided
according to the region?
Our sample comprised of 881 respondents. The first question
was orientated on the total rate of emotional and physical stress
and exhaustion index within our sample of respondents.
Particular outcomes can be seen in the following tables.
Tab 2 Exhaustion index in the whole research sample
Frequency
Percent
Extremely bad
129
14,6
Bad
368
41,8
Standard
318
36,1
Good
28
3,2
Extremely good
38
4,3
Total
881
100,0
As we can see in table 2, exhaustion index in the category
extremely bad was reached by 14.6 % and in the category bad it
was 41.8 % of our respondents. This means that more than one
half of all respondents belong to the category of bad or
extremely bad exhaustion index.
Tab. 3 Prevalence of physical stress in the whole research
sample
Frequency
Percent
low
69
7,8
normal
516
58,6
high
201
22,8
Extremely high
95
10,8
Total
881
100,0
Based on the obtained data we can see that the low and normal
physical stress was measured among 66.4 % of respondents, the
rest (33.6 %) belongs to the category high and extremely high
physical stress.
Tab. 4 Prevalence of emotional stress in the whole research
sample
Frequency
Percent
low
222
25,2
normal
423
48,0
high
188
21,3
extremely high
48
5,4
Total
881
100,0
When comparing percentual share in the prevalence of emotional
stress we have found out that the situation is very similar to the
outcomes as in case of physical stress – the high and extremely
high level of emotional stress was measured in 26.7% of
respondents.
Comparison of these indexes from the point of view of the
respondents´ region we show in the following graphs.
Fig 1 Percentual share of physical stress among respondents
regarding their place of living
Fig 2 Percentual share of emotional stress among respondents
regarding their place of living
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