Table 1.
Background information and characteristics of informants (n=10)
| Sex | |
| Men | 2 |
| Women | 8 |
| Age | |
| Median (range) | 59.5 (51–63) |
| Educational level | |
| High school or lower | 4 |
| University | 6 |
| Health status | |
| Very poor | 0 |
| Poor | 0 |
| Reasonable | 5 |
| Good | 5 |
| Very good | 0 |
| Years with chronic health condition | |
| >5 | 2 |
| >10 | 8 |
| Most common chronic health conditions | |
| Chronic pain condition | |
| Hearing loss | |
| Burnout/chronic fatigue | |
| Cardiovascular disease | |
| Employment activity | |
| Part-time | 3 |
| Full time | 7 |
| Years at current employer | |
| 8–30 | |
| Importance of work (1–10) | |
| Median (range) | 8 (5–9) |
| Work ability (0–10) | |
| Median (range) | 8 (2–9) |
| Will be working at the same job in 2 years from now | |
| No | 0 |
| Don’t know | 3 |
| Yes, definitely | 7 |