Table 2.
Correlations between personal, biomechanical and work psychosocial exposure variables.
| Psychol. Demand |
Decision Latitude |
Total Support |
Job Strain Ratio |
Peak Hand Force |
HAL Scale |
Repetition Rate |
Forceful Repetition Rate |
% Time Total Exert. |
% Time Forceful Exertion |
ACGIH TLV for HAL |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychological Demand | 1.00 | ||||||||||
| Decision Latitude | −0.08 | 1.00 | |||||||||
| Total Support | −0.20 | 0.34 | 1.00 | ||||||||
| Job Strain Ratio | 0.84 | −0.57 | −0.32 | 1.00 | |||||||
| Peak Hand Force | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 1.00 | ||||||
| HAL Scale | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.08 | 0.47 | 1.00 | |||||
| Total Repetition Rate | −0.04 | −0.11 | −0.25 | 0.04 | −0.27 | −0.28 | 1.00 | ||||
| Forceful Repetition Rate | 0.18 | 0.06 | −0.05 | 0.13 | 0.56 | 0.39 | 0.21 | 1.00 | |||
| % Time Total Exertion | −0.26 | −0.02 | −0.13 | −0.18 | −0.53 | −0.56 | 0.57 | −0.38 | 1.00 | ||
| % Time Forceful Exertion | 0.15 | 0.08 | −0.01 | 0.09 | 0.53 | 0.33 | 0.17 | 0.91 | −0.29 | 1.00 | |
| ACGIH TLV for HAL | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.86 | 0.78 | −0.37 | 0.60 | −0.68 | 0.55 | 1.00 |