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Table 3 Personal and demographic data for control group (CG) and experimental group (EG). Data are expressed as means and standard deviations (SD) or total number and percentage (%)

From: Usefulness of the Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA) tool in detecting differences before and after an ergonomics intervention

Personal and demographic data

CG (n = 29)

EG (n = 31)

P

Age (years) [mean (SD)]

29.4 (8.4)

28.3 (7.7)

0.65

Body mass (kg) [mean (SD)]

68.2 (14.8)

68.4 (11.4)

0.93

Height (cm) [mean (SD)]

166.7 (10.8)

169.3 (9.6)

0.34

BMI (kg/cm2) [mean (SD)]

24.3 (3.6)

23.8 (2.5)

0.49

Daily hours of work (hours) [mean (SD)]

7.1 (1.3)

7.1 (1.4)

0.68

Job seniority (months) [mean (SD)]

28.3 (25.1)

32.7 (26.7)

0.76

Sex [n (%)]

  

0.08

 Female

22 (75.9)

17 (54.8)

 

 Male

7 (24.1)

14 (45.2)

 

Education [n (%)]

  

0.79

 Attending undergraduate school

7 (22.1)

8 (25.8)

 

 Complete undergraduate

13 (44.9)

12 (38.7)

 

 Attending graduate school

1 (3.4)

3 (9.7)

 

 Complete postgraduate degree

8 (27.6)

8 (25.8)

 

Presence of pain symptoms [n (%)]

14 (48.3)

16 (51.6)

0.50

Practice of physical activity during leisure [n (%)]

11 (37.9)

18 (58.1)

0.09

Smoking [n (%)]

3 (10.3)

4 (12.9)

0.53

Regular drinking [n (%)]

1 (3.4)

4 (12.9)

0.19