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Table 3 Work environment pre- and post-reform

From: Workers' load and job-related stress after a reform and work system change in a hospital kitchen in Japan

 

Pre (2006)

Post (2008)

P valueb

 

Na

Mean (SD)

N

Mean (SD)

Workplace environment

 Air temperature (°C)

  Kitchen

5300

29.7 (1.1)

4976

24.1 (3.1)

<0.001

  Outdoors

5293

20.7 (2.0)

4931

25.5 (1.8)

<0.001

 Humidity (%)

  Kitchen

5300

41.7 (7.1)

4976

67.4 (8.5)

<0.001

  Outdoors

5293

58.0 (9.7)

4931

74.2 (10.6)

<0.001

  1. aMeasurement number
  2. bNon-paired t test