Observed work environment measures among observed eldercare workers (non-responders* and responders)
| All observed care workers (n=124) | Observed non-responders (n=29) | Observed responders (n=95) | MDI-score among responders (n=95) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%)† | N | (%)‡ | N | (%)‡ | Median | (min;max) | |
| Resources | ||||||||
| Regulation requirements | ||||||||
| 1–3 | 16 | (13) | 4 | (25) | 12 | (75) | 8.0 | (1.0;31.0) |
| 4 | 53 | (43) | 10 | (19) | 43 | (81) | 6.0 | (0.0;26.0) |
| 5 | 24 | (19) | 9 | (38) | 15 | (63) | 4.0 | (0.0;19.0) |
| 6–9 | 31 | (25) | 6 | (19) | 25 | (81) | 5.0 | (0.0;23.0) |
| Stressors | ||||||||
| Extra work (minutes per week) | ||||||||
| 0–30 | 30 | (24) | 7 | (23) | 23 | (77) | 6.0 | (1.0;31.0) |
| 31–60 | 34 | (27) | 4 | (12) | 30 | (88) | 5.0 | (0.0;14.4) |
| 61–90 | 23 | (19) | 7 | (30) | 16 | (70) | 5.5 | (0.0;19.0) |
| 91–120 | 13 | (10) | 6 | (46) | 7 | (54) | 3.0 | (0.0;16.0) |
| 121–150 | 10 | (8) | 1 | (10) | 9 | (90) | 4.0 | (0.0;13.0) |
| 151–275 | 14 | (11) | 4 | (29) | 10 | (71) | 4.5 | (0.0;26.0) |
| Qualitatively different barriers | ||||||||
| 0 | 3 | (2) | 2 | (67) | 1 | (33) | 6.0 | (6.0;6.0) |
| 1 | 39 | (31) | 6 | (15) | 33 | (85) | 6.0 | (1.0;31.0) |
| 2 | 46 | (37) | 15 | (33) | 31 | (67) | 5.0 | (0.0;23.0) |
| 3–4 | 36 | (29) | 6 | (17) | 30 | (83) | 4.5 | (0.0;26.0) |
| Barrier subscales | ||||||||
| Barriers for locomotion, movement and resident handling | ||||||||
| 0 | 90 | (73) | 22 | (24) | 68 | (76) | 6.0 | (0.0;26.0) |
| 1 | 29 | (23) | 5 | (17) | 24 | (83) | 4.0 | (0.0;31.0) |
| 2–3 | 5 | (4) | 2 | (40) | 3 | (60) | 5.0 | (3.0;5.0) |
| Barriers for information processing | ||||||||
| 0 | 43 | (35) | 7 | (16) | 36 | (84) | 6.0 | (0.0;31.0) |
| 1 | 46 | (37) | 11 | (24) | 35 | (76) | 5.0 | (0.0;16.0) |
| 2 | 20 | (16) | 6 | (30) | 14 | (70) | 4.0 | (0.0;14.0) |
| 3–4 | 15 | (12) | 5 | (33) | 10 | (67) | 7.8 | (1.0;26.0) |
| Barriers for equipment use | ||||||||
| 0 | 52 | (42) | 14 | (27) | 38 | (73) | 5.0 | (1.0;31.0) |
| 1 | 37 | (30) | 9 | (24) | 28 | (76) | 5.0 | (0.0;23.0) |
| 2 | 23 | (19) | 3 | (13) | 20 | (87) | 6.0 | (0.0;26.0) |
| 3–5 | 12 | (10) | 3 | (25) | 9 | (75) | 5.0 | (0.0;19.0) |
| Interruptions | ||||||||
| 0 | 68 | (55) | 19 | (28) | 49 | (72) | 5.0 | (0.0;31.0) |
| 1 | 41 | (33) | 8 | (20) | 33 | (80) | 4.0 | (0.0;26.0) |
| 2–4 | 15 | (12) | 2 | (13) | 13 | (87) | 7.0 | (1.0;10.0) |
*Includes 25 observed eldercare workers who did not respond to the questionnaire, 3 observed eldercare workers who responded to the questionnaire but had missing information on depressive symptoms and 1 observed eldercare worker with missing information on cohabitation
†Column percent, that is, within all care workers.
‡Row percent, that is, percent in each group within each level of work environment measure.