Descriptives of the six occupations under study; mean scores at T1
| Coach drivers (n=327) | Public bus drivers (n=930) | Construction workers (n=402) | Ambulance workers (n=53) | Hospital nurses (n=922) | Truck drivers (n=1186) | |||||||
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| Variables | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| All scale scores are recoded as percentage scores and range from 0 = “no demands or complaints” to 100 = “maximal demands or complaints”. | ||||||||||||
| Work demands | ||||||||||||
| No. work hours/week | 51.14 | 27.09 | 36.88 | 7.01 | 40.50 | 7.26 | 45.48 | 5.90 | 31.28 | 5.75 | 57.33 | 11.73 |
| Physical demands | 60.69 | 34.16 | 44.08 | 12.68 | 41.17 | 18.17 | ||||||
| Mental/emotional demands | 45.15 | 15.65 | 49.86 | 29.25 | 42.12 | 11.65 | 44.94 | 16.46 | ||||
| Lack of decision latitude | 75.75 | 29.33 | 78.67 | 13.79 | 76.81 | 14.97 | 54.51 | 18.48 | 61.15 | 21.57 | ||
| lack of autonomy/break control | 69.50 | 29.67 | 19.80 | 24.26 | 53.59 | 21.14 | ||||||
| Age at T1 | 43.22 | 10.37 | 46.46 | 7.53 | 42.05 | 10.59 | 43.58 | 6.75 | 39.36 | 9.00 | 39.11 | 10.12 |
| Need for recovery | 34.66 | 30.29 | 27.27 | 31.92 | 30.05 | 31.28 | 39.62 | 26.87 | 43.34 | 29.79 | 36.64 | 33.52 |
| Subjective health complaints | 25.30 | 19.79 | 23.41 | 14.95 | 19.42 | 26.71 | 30.59 | 17.15 | 33.61 | 15.40 | – | – |