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Table 3 Characteristics of consenters and non-consenters

From: Adoption of workplaces and reach of employees for a multi-faceted intervention targeting low back pain among nurses’ aides

 

N

Consenters

N

Non-consenters

P-value

(n = 614)

(n = 145)

Demographic factors

Age (years) (mean)(SD)

614

47 (10)

145

46 (11)

NS

Sex (% women)

614

92

145

90

NS

Ethnicity (% Danish)

609

86

140

90

NS

Health

BMI (% BMI > 25 (overweight and obese))

544

46

107

45

NS

Self-rated health (% reduced)

609

33

139

24

0.020

Smokers (% smokers)

609

30

135

37

NS

Leisure time physical activity (% inactive)

606

84

135

89

NS

Pain low back (% with pain)

538

82

123

67

0.000

Pain low back, neck, knee (% with pain in 1 or more body parts)

440

92

106

78

0.000

Work related factors

Job seniority

545

 

122

 

NS

  0-1 years (%)

 

13

 

16

 

  2-10 years (%)

 

46

 

43

 

  >10 years (%)

 

42

 

42

 

Weekly working hours

542

 

129

 

0.004

  >33 hours pr. week (%)

 

56

 

50

 

  31-33 hours pr. week (%)

 

16

 

9

 

  ≤ 30 hours pr. week (%)

 

28

 

41

 

Work type (% nursing home)

614

41

145

46

0.046

District

614

 

145

 

NS

  District 1 (%)

 

29

 

35

 

  District 2 (%)

 

32

 

33

 

  District 3 (%)

 

29

 

22

 

  District 4 (%)

 

10

 

10

 

Job group (% engaged in care work)

614

87

145

83

NS

Educational level

614

 

145

 

0.007

  Unskilled (%)

 

7

 

15

 

  Low skilled (%)

 

26

 

30

 

  High skilled (%)

 

65

 

55

 

Work shift (% day shift)

419

80

101

70

0.034

Physical exertion during work

607

 

138

 

0.034

  Light (%)

 

35

 

44

 

  Moderate (%)

 

40

 

41

 

  Strenuous (%)

 

25

 

15

 

Sickness absence previous 3 months (% yes)

574

42

128

34

NS

Project related factors

Information about project (% with sufficient information)

605

92

137

87

NS

Relevance of the project (% that finds the project relevant)

597

98

132

83

0.000

  1. From workplace registrations consenters were compared to non-consenters on work related factors. From questionnaires consenters were compared to non-consenters on demographic factors, health and project related factors. n = number of responders, SD = standard deviation, NS = Non-Significant p>0.05, BMI= body mass index.