Table 3.
Characteristics of consenters and non-consenters
| N |
Consenters |
N |
Non-consenters |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 614) | (n = 145) | ||||
|
Demographic factors
| |||||
|
Age (years) (mean)(SD) |
614 |
47 (10) |
145 |
46 (11) |
NS |
|
Sex (% women) |
614 |
92 |
145 |
90 |
NS |
|
Ethnicity (% Danish) |
609 |
86 |
140 |
90 |
NS |
|
Health
| |||||
|
BMI (% BMI > 25 (overweight and obese)) |
544 |
46 |
107 |
45 |
NS |
|
Self-rated health (% reduced) |
609 |
33 |
139 |
24 |
0.020 |
|
Smokers (% smokers) |
609 |
30 |
135 |
37 |
NS |
|
Leisure time physical activity (% inactive) |
606 |
84 |
135 |
89 |
NS |
|
Pain low back (% with pain) |
538 |
82 |
123 |
67 |
0.000 |
|
Pain low back, neck, knee (% with pain in 1 or more body parts) |
440 |
92 |
106 |
78 |
0.000 |
|
Work related factors
| |||||
|
Job seniority |
545 |
|
122 |
|
NS |
| 0-1 years (%) |
|
13 |
|
16 |
|
| 2-10 years (%) |
|
46 |
|
43 |
|
| >10 years (%) |
|
42 |
|
42 |
|
|
Weekly working hours |
542 |
|
129 |
|
0.004 |
| >33 hours pr. week (%) |
|
56 |
|
50 |
|
| 31-33 hours pr. week (%) |
|
16 |
|
9 |
|
| ≤ 30 hours pr. week (%) |
|
28 |
|
41 |
|
|
Work type (% nursing home) |
614 |
41 |
145 |
46 |
0.046 |
|
District |
614 |
|
145 |
|
NS |
| District 1 (%) |
|
29 |
|
35 |
|
| District 2 (%) |
|
32 |
|
33 |
|
| District 3 (%) |
|
29 |
|
22 |
|
| District 4 (%) |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
|
Job group (% engaged in care work) |
614 |
87 |
145 |
83 |
NS |
|
Educational level |
614 |
|
145 |
|
0.007 |
| Unskilled (%) |
|
7 |
|
15 |
|
| Low skilled (%) |
|
26 |
|
30 |
|
| High skilled (%) |
|
65 |
|
55 |
|
|
Work shift (% day shift) |
419 |
80 |
101 |
70 |
0.034 |
|
Physical exertion during work |
607 |
|
138 |
|
0.034 |
| Light (%) |
|
35 |
|
44 |
|
| Moderate (%) |
|
40 |
|
41 |
|
| Strenuous (%) |
|
25 |
|
15 |
|
|
Sickness absence previous 3 months (% yes) |
574 |
42 |
128 |
34 |
NS |
|
Project related factors
| |||||
|
Information about project (% with sufficient information) |
605 |
92 |
137 |
87 |
NS |
| Relevance of the project (% that finds the project relevant) | 597 | 98 | 132 | 83 | 0.000 |
From workplace registrations consenters were compared to non-consenters on work related factors. From questionnaires consenters were compared to non-consenters on demographic factors, health and project related factors. n = number of responders, SD = standard deviation, NS = Non-Significant p>0.05, BMI= body mass index.