Stress and perceived health among primary care visitors in two corners of Europe: Scandinavia and Greece

Table 3 Correlations between different variables and Perceived Stress levels

Variable	Total population N = 224		Greece N = 84		Scandinavia N = 140
Variable	r-value	p-value	r-value	p-value	r-value	p-value
Sex	− 0.030	0.66	0.065	0.55	− 0.092	0.28
Age	− 0.124	0.007	− 0.033	0.77	− 0.151	0.08
Unemployment	0.107	0.11	0.157	0.15	0.040	0.97
Smoking	0.043	0.53	− 0.065	0.56	0.016	0.85
Longstanding illness	0.045	0.51	0.095	0.40	− 0.161	0.61
Serious life events	0.401	< 0.0001	0.427	< 0.0001	− 0.014	0.87
Self-reported health	0.234	< 0.0001	− 0.157	0.16	0.293	0.001
Self-reported economic crisis	0.288	0.0001	0.269	0.01	0.071	0.41
Hope for the future	0.014	0.84	− 0.472	< 0.0001	0.239	< 0.005
HAD: Anxiety	0.585	< 0.0001	0.644	< 0.0001	0.517	< 0.0001
HAD: Depression	0.501	< 0.0001	0.510	< 0.0001	0.406	< 0.0001
Cortisol value	− 0.012	0.86	− 0.013	0.91	0.094	0.30

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