Table 1. Socio-demographics, medical and occupational items.

N=2,328
Socio-demographics items				Medical items
variables		n	%	variables		n	%
Family situation	Single	418	18.1	Smoking	Non-smoker	1,113	48.4
	In couple	1,527	66.0		Ex-smoker	284	12.4
	Separated, divorced or widowed	368	15.9		smoker	901	39.2
Children	≥1 dependent children	1,375	59.1	General health status	Poor/very poor	160	6.9
	No dependent children	413	17.8		Moderate	1,184	51.1
	No children	538	23.1		Good/very good	972	42.0
Age	<30 yr	464	19.9	ULNMD location	Neck	1,160	50.6
	30–39 yr	490	21.1		Shoulder	881	38.6
	40–49 yr	749	32.2		Elbow	246	10.9
	≥50 yr	623	26.8		Wrist	520	22.9
Educational level	≥3 yr’ HE	324	20.1	BMI	<18.5	111	5.00
	2 yr’ HE-SLC	89	5.5		18.5–24.99	1,241	55.7
	Vocational certificate	1,079	66.9		25–29.99	562	25.3
	No certificate	120	7.5		≥30	312	14.0
Occupational items
Contract	Permanent	1,799	78.0	Number of beds made alone	<5	926	43.7
	Temporary	509	22.0		[5–10[	576	27.2
					≥10	617	29.1
Occupational group	Housekeepers	628	27.0	Training in handling in previous 5 yr	No	1,018	43.7
	Nursing assistants	1,372	58.9		Yes	1,310	56.3
	Nurses	328	14.1
Full/part time work	Part-time	633	27.4	Seniority in the establishment (years of experience)	≤1 yr	555	24.2
	Full-time	1,678	72.6		2–4 yr	529	23.1
					5–10 yr	523	22.8
					>10 yr	687	29.9
Schedule	Fixed-schedule daytime work	523	22.8	Experience of work with elderly persons	1–4 yr	705	30.3
					5–9 yr	612	26.3
	other	1,775	77.2		10–19 yr	655	28.1
					>20 yr	356	15.3
Night- shifts	No	1,968	84.5	Ratio of staff to residents	[0–0.42[“;	678	29.1
	Yes	360	15.5		[0.42–0.50[;	476	20.5
					[0.50–0.60[.	527	22.6
					≥0.60	647	27.8
Working hours	≤7 h	282	17.4	Number of beds	≤69	588	25.2
	[7–9[;	392	24.3		[70–89]	766	32.9
	[9–11[	476	29.5		[90–99]	318	13.7
	>11 h	465	28.8		≥100	656	28.2
Number of washings performed alone	<5	733	36.8	Over-commitment	No	1,309	57.1
	[5–10[.	776	37.0		Yes	985	42.9
	≥10	551	26.2
Type of home	Private	499	21.4	Effort/reward imbalance	No	2,083	90.5
	Non-profit	738	31.7		Yes	219	9.5
	Public-sector	912	39.2
	Other	179	7.7
Use of adjustable height beds	Sometimes/never	267	11.8
	Always/often	1,996	88.2

HE: higher education; SLC: school leaving certificate (Baccalauréat)