Men working with

Women working with

Total

Things

Symbols

Things

Symbols

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

N

%

p

Background variables T1

Age > 47 years

224

32.2

176

42.1

14

22.6

55

39.6

469

35.6

ns

Lower education

659

96.2

246

60.9

58

98.3

94

74.0

1057

82.9

0.008S

Marital status

538

77.4

345

83.3

48

77.4

119

85.6

1050

80.1

ns

Shift work

427

62.6

31

7.4

40

64.5

12

8.7

510

39.3

ns

Predictor variables T1

High demands

256

36.6

249

60.6

22

39.3

58

43.9

585

45.7

0.001S

Low control

519

75.8

174

41.7

51

85.0

85

63.0

829

63.9

0.000S

Poor climate

216

31.5

127

30.8

19

30.6

51

37.2

413

31.8

ns

Role conflict

265

39.1

236

56.5

18

30.0

58

42.0

577

44.5

0.004S

WFC

246

35.8

188

45.2

15

24.2

55

40.4

504

38.7

ns

Poor work posture

507

73.7

103

24.9

43

71.7

26

19.0

679

52.3

ns

Outcome variables

Fatigue T2 T1

62 191

9.0 27.9

43 71

10.3 17.0

8 18

12.9 29.5

17 35

12.3 25.4

130 315

9.9 23.6

ns 0.034S

WOCT2 T1

168 199

26.0 30.7

254 245

64.1 63.6

14 23

25.5 41.8

65 77

51.2 59.2

501 544

40.9 45.0

0.012S

ns

Neck/back T2 Pain T1

372 148

54.4 21.6

171 74

41.4 18.0

39 12

66.1 19.7

85 40

61.2 29.0

667 274

51.5 21.1

0.000S

0.007S