TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics between intervention and control group
| Intervention group (n = 88) | Control group (n = 99) | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | Mean (SD) | N | % | Mean (SD) | ||
| Job title | 0.331 | ||||||
| Dentists | 40 | 45.5 | 49 | 49.5 | |||
| Dental nurse | 29 | 32.9 | 31 | 31.3 | |||
| Assistants | 19 | 21.6 | 19 | 19.2 | |||
| Gender | 0.322 | ||||||
| Male | 31 | 35.2 | 31 | 31.3 | |||
| Female | 57 | 64.8 | 68 | 68.7 | |||
| Age (yrs) | 27.12 (5.33) | 28.25 (6.04) | 0.420 | ||||
| Education | 0.663 | ||||||
| High school | 4 | 4.5 | 6 | 6.1 | |||
| College | 51 | 58.0 | 61 | 61.6 | |||
| Graduate | 33 | 37.5 | 32 | 32.3 | |||
| BMI | 21.45 (3.71) | 20.89 (3.58) | 0.531 | ||||
| Smoking | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.865 | ||
| Drinking | 10 | 11.4 | 15 | 15.2 | 0.577 | ||
| Physical exercise time per day (min), n (%) | 0.395 | ||||||
| <30 | 50 | 56.8 | 60 | 60.6 | |||
| 30–60 | 30 | 34.1 | 32 | 32.3 | |||
| >60 | 8 | 9.1 | 7 | 7.1 | |||
| WAI | 39. 1 (3.5) | 39.2 (3.6) | 0.376 | ||||
| Poor | 2 | 2.3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.285 | ||
| Moderate | 25 | 28.4 | 29 | 29.3 | |||
| Good | 35 | 39.8 | 36 | 36.4 | |||
| Excellent | 26 | 29.5 | 32 | 32.3 | |||
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation; WAI, work ability index.