Table 1.

Participants’ demographics and information about employment.

	Institution
Characteristics	Hospital, N = 254a	Nursing home, N = 101a	Ambulatory care service, N = 73a	Total, N = 428a
Gender
Male	43 (20.1%)	14 (20.0%)	4 (6.5%)	61 (17.6%)
Female	171 (79.9%)	56 (80.0%)	58 (93.5%)	285 (82.4%)
Age
16–25 years	20 (9.3%)	2 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.3%)
26–35 years	57 (26.5%)	10 (14.3%)	12 (19.4%)	79 (22.8%)
36–45 years	44 (20.5%)	20 (28.6%)	12 (19.4%)	76 (21.9%)
45–55 years	63 (29.3%)	24 (34.3%)	19 (30.6%)	106 (30.5%)
56–65 years	30 (14.0%)	14 (20.0%)	19 (30.6%)	63 (18.2%)
65+	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)
Working hours
Full-time	125 (58.7%)	48 (69.6%)	40 (64.5%)	213 (61.9%)
Part-time	86 (40.4%)	20 (29.0%)	22 (35.5%)	128 (37.2%)
Mini job	2 (0.9%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)
Employment relationship
Directly employed	207 (96.3%)	68 (98.6%)	57 (91.9%)	332 (96.0%)
Leasing	6 (2.8%)	1 (1.4%)	1 (1.6%)	8 (2.3%)
Self-employed	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.5%)	6 (1.7%)
Duration of employment
< 1 year	7 (3.3%)	2 (2.9%)	2 (3.2%)	11 (3.2%)
1–2 years	4 (1.9%)	3 (4.3%)	2 (3.2%)	9 (2.6%)
3–5 years	20 (9.4%)	9 (12.9%)	2 (3.2%)	31 (9.0%)
6–10 years	38 (17.9%)	7 (10.0%)	10 (16.1%)	55 (16.0%)
11–20 years	41 (19.3%)	20 (28.6%)	11 (17.7%)	72 (20.9%)
> 20 years	102 (48.1%)	29 (41.4%)	35 (56.5%)	166 (48.3%)
Previous illnesses	111 (44.0%)	49 (48.5%)	36 (50.7%)	196 (46.2%)
Working mostly alone	61 (24.4%)	41 (40.6%)	66 (91.7%)	168 (39.7%)
Enough protective clothing at workplace	176 (69.8%)	68 (67.3%)	49 (67.1%)	293 (68.8%)
Hygiene plan at workplace	232 (98.3%)	93 (96.9%)	65 (97.0%)	390 (97.7%)
Physically demanding work	236 (93.7%)	91 (91.0%)	60 (83.3%)	387 (91.3%)
Feeling valued	78 (31.1%)	53 (53.0%)	41 (57.7%)	172 (40.8%)
Frequently suffering from physical complaints	206 (83.1%)	77 (77.8%)	53 (73.6%)	336 (80.2%)

^aMeasures: n (%)