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. 2021 Feb 11;63(1):e12205. doi: 10.1002/1348-9585.12205

TABLE 2.

Sample characteristics and descriptive statistics of explanatory and outcome variables

N Yes No Missing value a
Total number of companies completing the HPM Survey Sheets 1800
Industrial classification
Wholesale 130
Retail 203
Service 615
Manufacturing and other 852
Number of full‐time employees
1‐499 642
500‐999 343
1000‐4999 621
≥5000 194
Written company‐wide policy b 1593 205 2
Agenda item at management‐level meetings c 1544 240 16
Full‐time occupational health staff d
No occupational physician or nurse 328
Occupational physician only 10
Occupational nurse only 302
Occupational physician and nurse 1160
Regular education for managers e 1333 451 16
Knowledge of the status on the effective indicators f
Exercise habits g 1329 418 53
At risk for high blood pressure (≥180/110 mmHg) h 1431 318 51
Visiting hospital i 947 769 84
Long‐term sickness absences because of mental health problems j 1725 39 36
Program participation rate k
Health education 846 664 290
Exercise program 444 1041 315
Influenza vaccination 351 1224 225
Dietary program 412 776 612

Abbreviation: HPM, Health and Productivity Management.

a

Missing values: when there is not any answer to the question of whether or not to aggregate.

b

Written company‐wide policy: written company‐wide policy for the promotion of HPM.

c

Agenda item at management‐level meetings: agenda item on the promotion of HPM at management‐level meetings.

d

Full‐time occupational health staff: full‐time occupational physician and occupational health nurse.

e

Regular education for managers: regular education for managers on health maintenance and promotion measure.

f

Yes: when the answer to "presence/absence of aggregation" is "Yes", No: when the answer is "No".

g

Exercise habits: whether the percentage of employees engaging in exercise is reported.

h

At risk of high blood pressure (≥180/110 mmHg): whether the percentage of employees at risk of high blood pressure is reported.

i

Visiting hospital: whether the percentage of employees visiting hospital to follow up health examinations is reported.

j

Long‐term sickness absence because of mental health problems: whether the percentage of employees with long‐term sickness absence because of mental health problems is reported.

k

Yes: participation rate ≥ 80%.