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Table 2 Association of neck and upper limb pain with psychosocial factors related to the responders' main job.

From: The impact of workplace risk factors on the occurrence of neck and upper limb pain: a general population study

 

Neck and upper limb pain

 
 

No

Yes

OR (95% CI)

Control the way you work

   

   None of the time*

103 (32.5%)

214 (67.5%)

1.0

   A little of the time

117 (37.6%)

194 (62.4%)

0.8 (0.6, 1.1)

   Some of the time

331 (46.0%)

388 (54.0%)

0.6 (0.4, 0.7)#

   Most of the time

653 (53.6%)

566 (46.4%)

0.4 (0.3, 0.5)#

   All of the time

522 (58.7%)

367 (41.3%)

0.3 (0.3, 0.4)#

Physically demanding work

   

   None of the time*

333 (58.5%)

236 (41.5%)

1.0

   A little of the time

312 (57.1%)

234 (42.9%)

1.1 (0.8, 1.3)

   Some of the time

444 (53.8%)

381 (46.2%)

1.2 (1.0, 1.5)

   Most of the time

316 (45.3%)

382 (54.7%)

1.7 (1.4, 2.1)#

   All of the time

328 (39.3%)

506 (60.7%)

2.2 (1.8, 2.7)#

Tasks change during time in this job

   

   None of the time*

441 (48.4%)

470 (51.6%)

1.0

   A little of the time

310 (52.3%)

283 (47.7%)

0.9 (0.7, 1.1)

   Some of the time

620 (50.7%)

602 (49.3%)

0.9 (0.8, 1.1)

   Most of the time

193 (50.5%)

189 (49.5%)

0.9 (0.7, 1.2)

   All of the time

157 (45.5%)

188 (54.5%)

1.1 (0.9, 1.4)

Job satisfaction

   

   None of the time*

56 (40.6%)

82 (59.4%)

1.0

   A little of the time

105 (47.5%)

116 (52.5%)

0.8 (0.5, 1.2)

   Some of the time

297 (48.1%)

321 (51.9%)

0.7 (0.5, 1.1)

   Most of the time

835 (53.4%)

729 (46.6%)

0.6 (0.4, 0.8)#

   All of the time

446 (47.5%)

492 (52.5%)

0.8 (0.5, 1.1)

Supportive supervisors/managers

   

   None of the time*

56 (34.4%)

107 (65.6%)

1.0

   A little of the time

150 (43.5%)

195 (56.5%)

0.7 (0.5, 1.0)

   Some of the time

346 (46.8%)

394 (53.2%)

0.6 (0.4, 0.8)#

   Most of the time

708 (52.3%)

645 (47.7%)

0.5 (0.3, 0.7)#

   All of the time

416 (54.4%)

349 (45.6%)

0.4 (0.3, 0.6)#

  1. * Reference category for calculation of odds ratio.
  2. # p < 0.05.