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Table 1 Study design parameters and selected costs for 6 different simulated scenarios for use with the cost mode All costs are in Euros

From: Data collection costs in industrial environments for three occupational posture exposure assessment methods

Simulation designs

nt

nn

nw

nd

nm

nc

ċV

ċR

ČE

Simulation 1: no accommodation

51

0

27

51

80

29

273

22

8431*

Simulation 2: 1 worker per researcher-day

45

60

80

80

80

0

273

22

8431*

Simulation 3: 4 workers per researcher-day

14

15

27

20

80

60

273

22

8431*

Simulation 4: No travel costs

30

0

27

51

80

29

0

22

8431*

Simulation 5: No equipment costs

30

38

27

51

80

29

273

22

0

Simulation 6: Recruitment costs set to 10-fold

30

38

27

51

80

29

273

220

8431*

  1. nt Number of trips to the worksite.
  2. nn Number of nights spent at the worksite.
  3. nw Number of workers.
  4. nd Total number of researcher days.
  5. nm Number of worker-days.
  6. nc Number of concurrently measured workers.
  7. ċV Travel cost.
  8. ċR Recruitment unit cost.
  9. ČE Equipment fixed costs.
  10. * Fixed equipment cost for inclinometer. Observation ČE = 4496 Questionnaire ČE = 2401.
  11. Other costs were kept at the observed values in the realized study.