Table 2 Scores of job stressors, psychological distress, physical complaints, and work performance of the participants between two groups
Range | Pokémon GO players‡ N = 246 (9.7%) | Non-players N = 2,284 (90.3%) | Cronbach’s α (N = 2,530) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | ||
Mean (SD) | |||||||
Job stressors | |||||||
Job demands | 3–12 | 6.77 (2.29) | 6.93 (2.17) | 7.04 (2.15) | 7.16 (2.23) | 0.82 | 0.84 |
Job control | 3–12 | 7.07 (2.15) | 6.80 (1.89) | 7.04 (1.90) | 7.11 (1.90) | 0.72 | 0.73 |
Social support from supervisors | 3–12 | 8.23 (2.26) | 8.46 (2.15) | 8.21 (2.21) | 8.30 (2.22) | 0.82 | 0.83 |
Social support from colleagues | 3–12 | 7.55 (2.14) | 7.79 (2.08) | 7.76 (2.12) | 7.82 (2.14) | 0.81 | 0.82 |
Primary outcome | |||||||
Psychological distress | 18–72 | 42.95 (12.05) | 40.81 (11.11) | 40.28 (11.09) | 40.30 (11.28) | 0.94 | 0.94 |
Secondary outcomes | |||||||
Physical complaints | 11–44 | 21.28 (7.24) | 20.75 (6.72) | 20.25 (6.98) | 20.21 (7.29) | 0.90 | 0.91 |
Work performance | 0–100 | 59.11 (18.49) | 57.28 (17.76) | 58.17 (18.64) | 57.82 (18.53) | — | |
