Back disorders and lumbar load in nursing staff in geriatric care: a comparison of home-based care and nursing homes

Table 2 Work ability (WA) and general state of health of nursing staff, by care setting

	Nursing homes n = 1126 %	Home care n = 264 %	p-value
WA in relation to the physical and psychological demands of the job
- rather good to very good	43	57
- intermediate to very poor	57	43	<0.01
Mental resources¹
- rather high	78	90
- rather slight	22	10	<0.001
General state of health
- good to excellent	82	91
- less good to poor	18	9	<0.01
Duration of sick leave due to back pain
- none sick leave	83	87	ns
- sick leave up to 4 weeks	13	10
- sick leave more than 4 weeks	4	3
BMI
- <25	40	45	ns
- 25-<30	36	34
- ≥30	24	21

¹ Composed of the items "pleasure in daily work", "active and alert" and "confident for the future; related to the last 3 months.

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