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. 2024 Apr 3;86(5):327–336. doi: 10.1007/s00056-024-00524-3

Table 3.

Workplace factors and impairment with number (n) of responses and percentages

Arbeitsplatzbezogene Faktoren und Beeinträchtigungen mit Anzahl (n) der Antworten und Prozentsätzen

Hours gloves are worn at work n=201, (96.2%)
Mean (SD) 6.1 (2.0)
Median (IQR) 6.0 (2.0)
Handwashing procedures [Frequency/day] n=185, (88.5%)
Mean (SD) 14.0 (14.4)
Median (IQR) 8.0 (15.0)
Hand disinfection [Frequency/day] n=187, (89.5%)
Mean (SD) 28.8 (21.0)
Median (IQR) 25.0 (30.0)
Months out of work due to skin problems [months] n=187, (89.5%)
Mean (SD) 0.0 (0.2)
Median (IQR) 0.0 (0.0)
Employment-related eczema prevention measures n=208, (99.5%)
Never 83 (39.9%)
Sometimes 72 (34.6%)
Regularly 53 (25.5%)
Exacerbation through materials, chemicals, or other factors n=196, (93.8%)
No 99 (50.5%)
Unclear 23 (11.7%)
Yes 74 (37.8%)
➥Time lapse until exacerbation after contact [hours] n=39
Mean (SD) 2.9 (4.2)
Median (IQR) 1.0 (2.0)
Exacerbation in winter n=209, (100%)
No 98 (46.9%)
Yes 111 (53.1%)

SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range

➥ indicates the proportion for the topic of the previously mentioned corresponding subgroup