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. 2020 Apr 22;19:101103. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101103

Table 1.

Topics and cut-off limits for the trigger questions.

Topic Cut-off limits*
  • 1.

    Duration of working hours per week.

≥45 h/week.
  • 2.

    Time pressure from workload and feeling of strain within the last two months.

Continuous perception of pressure and job strain.
  • 3.

    Ability to achieve meaningful outcomes at work, which gives satisfaction.

Completely disagree.
  • 4.

    Self-perception of overall resources.

With the current working tempo, individual resources remain adequate at the maximum for another 6 months.
  • 5.

    Well-being and energy.

The last time when felt well and energized was already over 3 months ago.
  • Physical condition.

Poor.
  • 7.

    Psychological resources.

Feeling overloaded, but able to cope.
  • 8.

    Level of energy after a working day.

Three or less on a scale from 1 to 10 (1 = extremely tired, 10 = extremely energetic).
  • 9.

    Sleep difficulties within the last three months.

At least three nights per week.
*

If any of the trigger questions met or exceeded the cut-off, the additional seven questions concerning subjective cognitive complaints (SCC) were asked.