Mental and physical workload was examined using two single items asking whether the respondents perceived their work as very light, light, strenuous or very strenuous mentally or physically, and dichotomised as heavy or light.
As far as strenuous work is concerned, I can do no better than to quote you a comment by my mother, who said, 'It is better to wear out than to rust out.' As ever yours . .
This kind of work situation could be perceived as strenuous if the possibility to change the work place is slim.
"It's important to have a 'wind-down' routine – an hour to an hour and a half before you go to bed when you don't do any work, avoid any 'stimulating' activity such as strenuous exercise, turn off any electronic devices and give yourself time to relax," he said.
For those boys, having sex with men was not nearly as strenuous as trying to find work in a place that was on the verge of economic collapse.
He was educated at Skewen Elementary School until the age of eleven, when he began work as a pit boy, helping miners with the less strenuous work such as manning ventilation doors.
Studies of work in care for the elderly have shown that nurses experience their work as meaningful but the disadvantages are that it is stressful, physically and mentally strenuous work with low wages.
"I guess strenuous to me is not the same thing as strenuous to them".
The session was not as strenuous as it might sound.
