Neurological symptoms among dental assistants: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Differences between dental assistants (n = 40) and assistant nurses (n = 64) in scores on domains of the questionnaire EUROQUEST, tested by univariate analyses of variance

Domain	Unadjusted data		Adjusted data
	Dental assistants	Assistant nurses	p-value	Effect size*	R ²
	Mean/SD	Mean/SD
Neurological symptoms	18.1/5.0	14.6/4.0	0.028	0.49	0.367
Psychosomatic symptoms	21.6/5.9	18.8/4.0	0.024	0.50	0.347
Mood	18.8/5.9	16.7/4.8	0.257	0.24	0.410
Memory deficit	11.4/4.1	9.1/2.6	0.003	0.59	0.401
Concentration difficulties	6.7/1.9	5.6/1.6	0.045	0.50	0.182
Fatigue	14.7/5.7	11.8/4.3	0.023	0.49	0.389
Sleep disturbance	10.1/3.3	7.9/2.4	0.010	0.52	0.338

¹Adjusted for age, education, alcohol consumption (units per week), smoking (cigarettes per week) and personality traits (anxiety and general health).
²Effect size= The difference between the mean values of the two occupational groups, divided by the standard deviation.
SD= standard deviation. R² = Adjusted R squared

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