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JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
Fig 3 Percentual share of exhaustion index among respondents
regarding their place of living
Tab 5 Comparison within groups
Stress
score
Physical
stress
Exhaustion
index
Emotional stress
Chi-
Square
46,989
45,198
27,251
40,464
Df
23
23
23
23
Asymp.
Sig.
,002
,004
,245
,014
a. Kruskal Wallis Test
b. Grouping Variable: Región
As we can see, statistically significant differences between the
groups can be found in category of the stress score and
emotional and physical stress, too.
The highest rate of total stress was measured among respondents
from Nové Zámky, Krompachy, Šala and Lučenec, on the other
side of the scale, there were respondents from regions of
Myjava, Banská Bystrica, Dubnica nad Váhom and Humenné
with the lowest stress level. In the category of physical stress,
the highest level of physical stress was reached by people from
Nové Zámky, Krompachy, Lučenec, Lučenec and Rožňava, the
lowest values were from Poprad, Myjava, Dubnica nad Váhom
and Humenné. Highest numbers in the category of emotional
stress were obtained from regions of Ružomberok, Prešov, Nové
Zámky and Šala, on the other side were Šamorín, Senec, Myjava
and Holíč. The difference in the category of exhaustion index
between all groups was statistically negligible.
What is the relation between age, stress score, average heartbeat
and number of arrhythmias in our sample?
Tab. 6 Mutual relations between observed categories
Stress score
Average
heartbeat
Number of
arrhytmias
Age
,163
**
-,217
**
,053
Sig. (2-tailed)
,000
,000
,113
N
881
881
881
Stress
score
,444
**
-,303
**
Sig. (2-tailed)
,000
,000
N
881
881
Average
heartbeat
-,120
**
Sig. (2-tailed)
,000
N
881
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
As we can see in table 6, statistically highly significant relations
were observed in all categories except the category number of
arrhytmias. Significance shows highly influential relation
because it is equal to zero. Even if there is highly significant
relation (r=0,163) between the age of respondents and the total
stress score, we state that this is just a weak relation. There is
statistically significant negative relation between categories of
the age and the average heartbeat, still it is considered to be a
weak relation (r=-0,217). This leads us to the conclusion that
hand in hand with advanced age, the average heartbeat is
decreasing. There was a statistically significant medium-strong
relation observed between the stress score and average heartbeat
(r=0,444) and a negative one between the stress score and
number of arrhytmias (r=-0,303).
What are the differences in measured indicators regarding the
category of age?
Tab 7 Differences between the groups in all observed categories
Vestibulum
Gender
N
Mean Rank
U test
Asymp.
sig
Stress
score
Woman
679
439,87
67813,000
,809
Man
202
444,79
Total
881
Average
heartbeat
Woman
679
446,12
65105,500
,274
Man
202
423,80
Total
881
Number of
arrhytmias
Woman
679
435,40
64777,000
,204
Man
202
459,82
Total
881
As we can see, there is no statistically significant difference
between men and women in our sample. This phenomenon can
be caused by non-balanced participation of both genders in our
research sample.
Based on this fact, we were finding out whether there is any
percentual difference in observed variables between male and
female gender.
In the following tables you can find gender comparison in
categories of physical, emotional stress and exhaustion index.
Tab. 8 Percentual comparison of the groups in the category of
physical stress
Physical stress
Low
Normal
High Very high
G
en
d
er
w
o
m
an
Count
49
403
157
70
% within
gender
7,2%
59,4%
23,1%
10,3%
% within
physical stress
71,0%
78,1%
78,1%
73,7%
ma
n
Count
20
113
44
25
% within
gender
9,9%
55,9%
21,8%
12,4%
% within
physical stress
29,0%
21,9%
21,9%
26,3%
Total
Count
69
516
201
95
% within
gender
7,8%
58,6%
22,8%
10,8%
% within
physical stress
100,0%
100,0% 100,0% 100,0%
As we can see, the overall percentual distribution in particular
groups is approximately the same.
Tab. 9 Percentual comparison of the groups in the category of
emotional stress
Emotional stress
Low Normal High Very high
G
en
d
er
W
o
m
an
Count
160
329
153
37
% within
gender
23,6% 48,5% 22,5%
5,4%
% within
emotional
stress
72,1% 77,8% 81,4%
77,1%
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