Table 1 Baseline sociodemographic characteristics of nursing home study population reported low back pain (n = 1476) and subjects who filed workers’ compensation claimsfrom 2003 to 2010 (n = 129)
From: The impact of workplace factors on filing of workers’ compensation claims among nursing home workers
Number of survey respondents** | % of total population | Number of claimants | % of total # of claim | Claim % in each row | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | |||||
<=35 | 577 | 40.9 | 54 | 42.2 | 9.4 |
35-55 | 622 | 44.1 | 56 | 43.8 | 9.0 |
> = 55 | 213 | 15.1 | 18 | 14.1 | 8.5 |
Gender | |||||
Female | 1284 | 90.4 | 115 | 92.7 | 9.0 |
Male | 137 | 9.6 | 9 | 7.3 | 6.6 |
BMI | |||||
Normal (≤ 25 kg/m 2) | 433 | 31.0 | 33 | 28.5 | 7.6 |
Overweight (25–30 kg/m 2) | 459 | 32.9 | 39 | 33.6 | 8.5 |
Obese (≥ 30 kg/m 2) | 505 | 36.2 | 44 | 37.9 | 8.7 |
Education | |||||
Less than high school | 12 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 8.3 |
High school | 594 | 41.2 | 70 | 54.7 | 11.8 |
College/professional | 760 | 52.7 | 56 | 43.8 | 7.4 |
Post-graduate | 77 | 5.3 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
Race | |||||
White | 738 | 50.1 | 63 | 48.8 | 8.5 |
Black | 544 | 36.9 | 40 | 31.0 | 7.4 |
Other | 191 | 13.0 | 26 | 20.2 | 13.6 |
Hispanic | |||||
Yes | 107 | 8.4 | 17 | 14.4 | 15.9 |
No | 1174 | 91.7 | 101 | 85.6 | 8.6 |
Job title* | |||||
GNA/CNA | 733 | 49.8 | 87 | 68.0 | 11.9 |
CMA | 122 | 8.3 | 8 | 6.3 | 6.6 |
LPN | 216 | 14.7 | 16 | 12.5 | 7.4 |
RN/RN manager | 238 | 16.2 | 8 | 6.3 | 3.4 |
Other | 164 | 11.1 | 9 | 7.0 | 5.5 |
State | |||||
Massachusetts | 255 | 17.3 | 36 | 27.9 | 14.1 |
Maryland | 778 | 52.8 | 60 | 46.5 | 7.7 |
Maine | 339 | 23.0 | 23 | 17.8 | 6.8 |
Rhode Island | 101 | 6.9 | 10 | 7.8 | 9.9 |