Table 3

Sense of coherence scores (mean (SD)) by year, profession and gender, and by graduation and work experience

1994199519961998GraduationWork experience by 1998
RapidSlowMuchLittle
All3-150 62.6 (10.1)64.3 (9.4)64.6 (10.3)66.4 (10.3)65.5 (10.3)67.3 (10.1)66.3 (9.5)66.4 (11.0)
Physicians3-151 3-152 62.6 (9.9)65.0 (9.2)65.3 (9.9)67.5 (9.8)66.6 (10.0)68.1 (9.5)67.4 (9.1)67.3 (10.5)
 men64.3 (9.7)66.5 (9.5)66.5 (10.5)69.0 (9.9)
 women61.6 (9.9)64.1 (9.0)64.7 (9.6)66.4 (9.6)
Architects3-151 3-152 62.5 (10.8)61.4 (9.9)61.6 (11.2)62.2 (11.3)60.9 (10.6)63.8 (11.9)61.5 (10.2)63.0 (12.3)
 men61.7 (11.8)60.6 (9.9)60.1 (9.7)60.4 (8.9)
 women63.5 (9.4)62.4 (9.9)63.5 (9.7)64.6 (8.9)
  • 3-150 Analysis of variance for repeated measures with time as within subject factor: p<0.001.

  • 3-151 Analysis of variance for repeated measures with time as within subject factor and profession as between subject factor: p=0.002 (time), p=0.005 (profession), p<0.004 (time × profession).

  • 3-152 t Test for the difference between physicians and architects: 1994 p=0.920, 1995 p=0.002, 1996 p=0.003, 1998 p<0.001.