Table 1 Baseline descriptives of the initial sample (N = 2058) and the final prospective sample after dropout (N = 974)
Initial | Final | Attrition analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n(%) | OR [95% CI] | ||
Gender | Male | 90 (4.4) | 37 (3.8) | Ref |
Female | 1968 (95.6) | 937 (96.2) | 0.77 [0.50,1.18] | |
Age | Mean (SD) | 43.7 (11.9) | 45 (11.6) | 0.85 [0.79,0.91] \(^{**,a}\) |
Percentage employed | Mean (SD) | 80.2 (21.6) | 82.7 (19.8) | 0.99 [0.97,0.99] \(^{*}\) |
Number of years in current position | Mean (SD) | 9.9 (8.5) | 10.7 (8.9) | 0.99 [0.99,0.99] \(^{*}\) |
Education | 1-9 years | 66 (3.2) | 30 (3.1) | Ref |
10-12 years | 979 (47.6) | 449 (46.1) | 0.98 [0.59,1.62] | |
13-16 years | 923 (44.8) | 457 (46.9) | 0.85 [0.51,1.40] | |
\(>16\) years | 90 (4.4) | 38 (3.9) | 1.14 [0.60,2.17] | |
New technology introduced | Yes | 1516 (73.7) | 719 (73.8) | Ref |
No | 361 (17.5) | 173 (17.8) | 0.98 [0.78,1.23] | |
Not sure | 181 (8.8) | 82 (8.4) | 1.09 [0.80,1.49] | |
Quality of training in new technologies | Very good | 248 (12.1) | 117 (12.0) | Ref |
Rather good | 606 (29.4) | 299 (30.7) | 0.88 [0.66,1.17] | |
Neither good nor poor/not sure | 405 (19.7) | 181 (18.6) | 1.11 [0.84,1.48] | |
Rather poor | 165 (8.0) | 78 (8.0) | 0.95 [0.65,1.39] | |
Very poor | 92 (4.5) | 44 (4.5) | 1.10 [0.70,1.72] | |
Neck pain | No pain | 785 (38.1) | 382 (39.2) | Ref |
Light pain | 674 (32.8) | 324 (33.3) | 1.02 [0.83,1.26] | |
Moderate pain | 522 (25.4) | 239 (24.5) | 1.12 [0.90,1.40] | |
Severe pain | 77 (3.7) | 29 (3.0) | 1.57 [0.98,2.57] |