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Table 1 Descriptive data of participants stratified by complete cases, imputed cases and missing cases in PSS and FHE

From: Associations between perceived stress and health outcomes in adolescents

 

Sweden

Bulgaria

All

Boys

Girls

All

Boys

Girls

Included in the study, number (%)

164

95 (58)

67 (41)

472

333 (71)

132 (28)

Complete casesa on PSS, number (%)

125 (76)

72 (76)

52 (78)

426 (90)

298 (89)

122 (92)

PSS total score, mean (SD)

27.3 (7.8)

26.1 (8.1)

28.9 (7.0)

24.0 (7.2)

22.7 (6.9)

27.0 (7.0)

Imputed casesb on PSS, number (%)

23 (14)

12 (13)

11 (16)

43 (9)

32 (10)

10 (8)

PSS total score, mean (SD)

25.9 (8.2)

23.7 (9.8)

28.2 (5.5)

21.8 (7.1)

21.4 (6.9)

23.0 (8.2)

Missing casesc on PSS, number (%)

16 (10)

11 (12)

4 (6)

3 (0.6)

3 (0.9)

0 (0)

Complete casesd on FHE, number (%)

123 (75)

72 (76)

50 (75)

419 (89)

290 (87)

124 (94)

PSS total score, mean (SD)

27.1 (7.9)

25.7 (8.4)

28.9 (6.9)

23.6 (7.2)

22.3 (6.9)

26.7 (7.1)

Missing casese on FHE, number (%)

41 (25)

23 (24)

17 (25)

53 (11)

43 (13)

8 (6)

Number of missing questions, mean (min – max)

2.2 (1–11)

1.8 (1–8)

2.5 (1–11)

2.5 (1–12)

2.5 (1–12)

2.3 (1–7)

PSS total score, mean (SD)

27.1 (7.6)

25.9 (8.6)

28.3 (6.3)

25.1 (6.9)

24.9 (6.4)

26.7 (8.2)

Response sample, number (%)

147 (90)

84 (88)

63 (94)

462 (98)

330 (99)

132 (100)

PSS total score, mean (SD)

27.1 (7.8)

25.8 (8.4)

28.8 (6.7)

23.8 (7.2)

22.6 (6.9)

26.7 (7.1)

  1. aAll 14 items on PSS were complete
  2. bIf less than or equal to 50% missing of the 14 items in PSS, the missing items were imputed with the mean of the non-missing items
  3. cIf more than 50% missing of the 14 items in PSS, the scale was set to missing
  4. dAll 12 questions in the health questionnaire were complete
  5. eAt least one of the 12 questions was missing on FHE
  6. fComplete and imputed cases in PSS and complete information on sex