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Table 1 Prevalence of perceived health problems, work environment problems and a combination of both problems in an academic population

From: Perceived health and work-environment related problems and associated subjective production loss in an academic population

 

Total population (n = 2022)

Health problems (n = 433)

p-value

Work environment problems (n = 170)

p-value

Both health and work environment problems (n = 216)

p-value

Total, n (%)

2022

433 (21)

 

170 (8)

 

216 (11)

 

Sex, n (%)

  

0.01 1

 

0.251

 

0.00 1

 Men

881

162 (18)

 

67 (8)

 

65 (7)

 

 Women

1141

271 (24)

 

103 (9)

 

151 (13)

 

Age, mean (sd)

41 (12)

41 (12)

0.721

41 (11)

0.881

40 (10)

0.121

Age, n (%)

 ≤29

328

71 (22)

 

28 (9)

 

36 (11)

 

 30–39

748

167 (22)

 

63 (8)

 

84 (11)

 

 40–49

423

86 (20)

 

35 (8)

 

53 (13)

 

 50–59

320

57 (18)

 

29 (9)

 

36 (11)

 

 ≥60

203

52 (26)

 

15 (7)

 

7 (3)

 

Manager, n (%)

  

0.301

 

0.151

 

0.321

 Yes

525

104 (20)

 

52 (10)

 

50 (10)

 

 No

1497

329 (22)

 

118 (8)

 

166 (11)

 

Rank, n (%)

  

0.471

 

0.791

 

0.01 1

 Professors

247

53 (21)

 

18 (6)

 

11 (4)

 

 Senior researcher

637

150 (20)

 

51 (17)

 

50 (9)

 

 Junior researcher

130

23 (18)

 

16 (12)

 

16 (12)

 

 PhD student

731

149 (20)

 

57 (8)

 

95 (13)

 

 Teacher

277

58 (21)

 

28 (10)

 

44 (16)

 

Years at current workplace, n (%)

  

0.151

 

0.481

 

0.241

 < 1 year

113

23 (20)

 

7 (6)

 

16 (14)

 

 1–2 years

418

102 (24)

 

32 (8)

 

43 (10)

 

 3–5 years

665

137 (21)

 

60 (9)

 

77 (12)

 

 6–10 years

339

82 (24)

 

29 (9)

 

35 (10)

 

 > 10 years

487

89 (18)

 

42 (9)

 

45 (9)

 

Production loss due to the problem

 

 Yes

–

364 (84)

–

158 (93)

–

213 (99)

–

 No

–

69 (16)

 

10 (6)

 

3 (1)

 

 Missing

   

2 (1)

   
  1. 1Spearman correlation