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Table 3 Work-life conflict and stress as the main explanatory factors and other covariates of musculoskeletal disorders

From: Work-life conflict and musculoskeletal disorders: a cross-sectional study of an unexplored association

Dependent variable

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Musculosketal disorders (Score 0-4)

β

β

β

β

Explanatory/intervening variable(s):

    

   Work-life conflict consolidated (0-40)

.21***

.16***

.10***

-

   Work-life conflict differentiated

    

Life-to-work conflict (0-20)

-

-

-

.01

Work-to-life conflict (0-20)

-

-

-

.12***

   General stress (1-4)

-

-

.17***

.17***

Confounding variables:

    

   Physical strain at work (0-4)

-

.08***

.08***

.08***

   Workload (0-4)

-

.05**

.04*

.03

   Time pressure at work (0-4)

-

-.01

-.03

-.04*

   Job autonomy (0-24)

-

-.06***

-.06***

-.05**

Control variables:

 

   Age

.04**

.02

.04**

.03*

   Sex (male)

-.15***

-.13***

-.12***

-.12***

   Education (highest level achieved: 0-10)

-.10***

-.07***

-.07***

-.08***

   Physical activity (0-7)

-.04***

-.05***

-.04***

-.04**

Adjusted R-Squared

.079

.095

.115

.118

Number of cases in model

5641

5431

5426

5425

  1. *p≤.05; **p < .01; ***p < .001; bold print = beta coefficients of special focus for the study