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. 2006 Mar;63(3):202–206. doi: 10.1136/oem.2004.018275

Table 1 Intra class correlations (ICCs) with 95% confidence intervals of the Need for Recovery after work scale over a period of two weeks, one year, and two years in the truck drivers and nurses.

Two week One year Two year
ICC (95% CI) ICC (95% CI) ICC (95% CI)
Truck drivers (n = 526)
 Stable environment (no work related changes) 0.68 (0.59–0.75) ***
 Moderately unstable environment (1 work related change) 0.69 (0.59–0.76) ***
 Unstable environment (⩾2 work related changes) 0.55 (0.42–0.66) **
Hospital nurses (n = 144)
 Stable environment (no work related changes) 0.67 (0.48–0.80) *** 0.72 (0.55–0.83) *** 0.80 (0.67–0.88) ****
 Moderately unstable environment (1 work related change) 0.67 (0.52–0.78) *** 0.58 (0.40–0.72) ** 0.48 (0.28–0.64) **
 Unstable environment (⩾2 work‐related changes) 0.65 (0.32–0.84) *** 0.69 (0.36–0.87) *** 0.30 (0.08–0.62) *

*Level of clinical significance is poor; **level of clinical significance is fair; ***level of clinical significance is good; ****level of clinical significance is excellent.