Research Article
Stop Using the Modified Work APGAR to Measure Job Satisfaction
Table 3
Worker cohort: clinical, work, and demographic characteristics at baseline .
| | Characteristic | % or mean (SD) |
| | White | 95% | | Married | 80% | | Male | 74% | | Years of education | 12.5 (1.5) | | Age | 40 (11.3) | | Prior workers’ compensation claims | 12% | | Prior back surgery | 2% | | Number of months on prescriptions for pain in 2 years | 1.1 (3.7) | | Smokes | 37% |
| | Physical job demands of the subject’s job reported at baseline | | | (1) Light (mainly sedentary) | 19% | | (2) Medium-light | 30% | | (3) Medium (materials handling <50 pounds) | 24% | | (4) Medium-heavy | 14% | | (5) Heavy (regular lifting >50 pounds), sustained awkward work postures) | 13% | | Excluded from exercise testing because of a history suggesting cardiovascular disease | 13% | | Pain on SLR | 2% | | Back pain on the day of study participation or recent back pain causing work loss in the prior 6 months | 13% | | Back pain treated prior to 10 years ago | 38% | | Number of doctors a subject has seen for back pain in last 6 months | 1.0 (1.6) | | Number of doctors a subject has seen for back pain in last 2 years | 1.1 (3.9) |
| | MMPI Scales | | | Hypochondriasis | 53.8 (10.0) | | Depression | 55.4 (10.8) | | Hysteria | 55.6 (8,2) | | Antisocial | 56.0 (10.7) | | Masculinity-femininity | 55.9 (9.9) | | Paranoia | 54.1 (9.1) | | Psychasthenia | 54.1 (10.0) | | Schizophrenia | 54.7 (10.8) | | Hypomania | 55.2 (11.0) | | Social introversion | 53.7 (10.1) | | Low back pain | 53.2 (10.8) |
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