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Table 2 Resources and stress variables and outcomes at the time of baseline and follow-up (n = 106)

From: The effect of effort-reward imbalance on the health of childcare workers in Hamburg: a longitudinal study

 

Baseline

Follow Up

 

Resources

xÌ…

SD

%

n

xÌ…

SD

%

n

p

Control (scale: 1–5)

3.7

0.9

.

.

3.6

0.9

.

.

0.228

Variety (scale: 1–5)

3.9

0.7

.

.

3.9

0.6

.

.

0.732

Completeness (scale: 1–5)

3.7

0.8

.

.

3.5

0.9

.

.

0.057

Collaboration (scale: 1–5)

3.7

0.7

.

.

3.5

0.8

.

.

0.006*

Information and employee participation (scale: 1–5)

3.8

0.7

.

.

3.7

0.8

.

.

0.120

Stress factors

 Qualitative workload (scale: 1–5)

2.4

0.8

.

.

2.4

0.8

.

.

0.901

 Physical stress (scale: 5–20)

14.3

2.8

.

.

14.3

2.8

.

.

0.792

 Subjective noise exposure (scale: 13–65)

39.7

10.3

.

.

40.6

10.5

.

.

0.220

 ERI ratio score (scale: 0.2–5)

1.2

0.4

.

.

1.3

0.3

.

.

< 0.001**

 ERI > 1, proportion (n)

.

.

65.1

69

.

.

87.4

90

< 0.001**

 OVC (scale: 6–24)

15.8

3.4

.

.

15.3

3.5

.

.

0.084

Outcomes

 Burnout (scale 0–100)

50.6

19.7

.

.

53.7

20.7

.

.

0.056

 Risk of burnout >50,

.

.

53.8

57

.

.

61.3

65

0.096

 Neck pain

.

.

32.1

34

.

.

39.4

41

0.286

 Shoulder pain

.

.

15.1

16

.

.

19.2

20

0.523

 Lower back pain

.

.

39.6

42

.

.

34.6

36

0.523

 MS total

.

.

55.7

59

.

.

62.1

64

0.700

  1. xÌ…: mean, SD: standard deviation, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001