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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 SD % n 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. x̅: mean, SD: standard deviation, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001