Table1 The comparison of demographic and occupational variables in participants with or without health anxiety

Gender

 Female

418 (76.8)

236

150

6.16

0.009

 Male

126 (23.2)

58

62

Age category

 20–30

177 (33.1)

104

66

12.85

0.005

 31–40

202 (37.8)

119

66

 41–50

136 (25.4)

58

66

 51–60

20 (3.7)

7

11

Marital status

 Single

149 (27.4)

83

59

0.01

0.92

 Married

395 (72.6)

211

153

Having children

 Yes

309 (56.9)

162

118

0.006

0.5

 No

234 (43.1)

130

96

Career type

 Nurse

242 (43.8)

46

37

0.35

0.83

 Physician

90 (16.6)

133

95

 Other

194 (39.6)

115

79

Level of education

 Undergraduate

60 (11)

27

28

6.21

0.045

 Bachelor

377 (69.3)

216

135

 MA and above

107 (19.7)

50

50

Having disease

 Yes

67 (12.3)

37

25

1.56

0.45

 No

477 (87.4)

256

189

Working years

 01-Oct

275 (49.8)

166

39

13.85

0.003

 Nov-20

181 (33.8)

93

71

 21–30

74 (13.8)

82

42

 > 30

5

3

1

Hospital category

 Public

411 (76.3)

210

172

6.39

0.041

 Private

38 (7.1)

25

12

 Semiprivate

90 (16.7)

56

26

Income level (million rials)

 Oct-30

146 (26.8)

91

48

7.56

0.182

 31–60

357 (65.5)

182

150

 61–80

35 (6.4)

17

13

 81–100

7 (1.3)

3

2