TABLE 1:

Baseline Characteristics of the 344 Participants With Three Surveys (Baseline, 1- and 2-Year Follow-Ups) Compared to Workers Excluded From Analysis Due to Incomplete Follow-Up (Missing Either or Both 1- or 2-Year Surveys)

	Study Respondents With 3 Surveys (Included): n = 344a		Baseline Respondents Without 3 Surveys (Excluded): n = 523a
	n	%	n	%
Musculoskeletal outcomes
Pain at any site	248	72	385	74
Widespread pain	63	18	71	14
Intense pain	181	54	282	55
Pain interferes work	117	35	193	37
Pain interferes sleep	137	41	215	42
Intense pain plus feelings of depression	67	20	113	22
Gender
Female	314	94	460	90
Age (years)
<40	121	37	248	50
40+	208	63	252	50
Race
White	147	43	219	42
African American	158	46	254	49
Other	39	11	50	10
Education (years)
1–7	57	17	125	24
8–9	100	30	179	35
>9	182	53	208	41
Nursing aide	243	71	341	65
No. of physical assaults in past 3 months
0	150	45	271	54
1–2	91	27	131	26
3+	91	28	104	21
Likely to leave the job in 2 years	127	38	222	44
	M	SD	M	SD
Physical demands of work (range = 4–16)	10.3	2.9	10.2	2.9
Psychological demands of work (range = 2–8)	5.9	1.2	5.8	1.2
Job control (range = 4–16)	5.5	1.3	5.5	1.4
Supervisor support (range = 2–8)	5.5	1.6	5.6	1.6
Work-family imbalance (range = 1–4)	2.5	0.7	2.5	0.7
Safety climate at work (range = 1–4)	2.7	0.6	2.7	0.5

^aSome percentages may not sum to 100% due to missing values, which ranged from 0 to 24 records across all variables and surveys.