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Table 3 Factors affecting work-related neck and/or shoulder pain among tailors, 2019, Ethiopia

From: Physical environmental and occupational factors inducing work-related neck and shoulder pains among self-employed tailors of informal sectors in Ethiopia, 2019: results from a community based cross-sectional study

C Characteristic (N = 419)

Neck and/or shoulder pain

COR(95% CI)

AOR(95% C.I)

P-value

Yes (%)

No (%)

Age

  ≤ 29 years

93(33.3)

59(42.1)

1

1

 

 30–39 years

123(44.1)

50(35.7)

1.56(0.98,2.50)

1.14(0.35,2.01)

0.071*

  > 40 years

63(22.6)

31(22.1)

1.29 (0.75,2.21)

1.03(0.01,1.07)

0.063*

Alcohol use

 Yes

87(31.2)

31 (22.1)

1.59(0.99,2.56)

1.23(0.15,1.97)

0.081*

 No

192 (68.8)

109(77.9)

1

  

Educational level

 Can read and write

62(22.2)

35(25.0)

0.55(0.23,1.29)

0.46(0.12,1.09)

0.470*

 Primary school (1–8 grades)

94(33.7)

56(40.0)

0.52(0.23,1.18)

0.44(0.17,1.01)

0.614*

 Secondary school (9–12 grades)

94(33.7)

40(28.6)

0.73(0.32,1.68)

0.51(0.21,1.03)

0.083*

 Technical and vocational training

29(10.4)

9(6.4)

1

1

 

Work experience

  ≤ 5 year

162(58.1)

56(40.0)

2.08 (1.37,3.14)

1.92(1.11, 3.33)

0.001+

  > 5 years

117(41.9)

84(60.0)

1

1

 

Hours spent sitting position/day

  < 8 h/day

120(43.0)

91(65.0)

1

1

 

  > 8 h/day

159(57.0)

49(35.0)

2.46(1.62,3.75)

2.00(1.20,3.41)

0.001+

Working days per week

  < 7 days

207(74.2)

116(82.9)

1

1

 

 7 days

72(25.8)

24(17.1)

0.64(0.38,1.10)

0.47(0.16,1.01)

0.133*

Rest break

 Yes

71(25.4)

17 (12.1)

1

1

 

 No

208(74.6)

123 (87.9)

2.46 (1.33,4.55)

2.13(1.20,4.22)

0.0001+

Adequate light at work

 Yes

73 (26.2)

99 (70.7)

1

1

 

 No

206 (73.8)

41 (29.3)

6.81(4.34,10.70)

5.02(3.50,9.03)

001+

Frequently bending/twisting

 Yes

199 (71.3)

64 (45.7)

2.95(1.94,4.50)

2.60(1.45,4.47)

0001+

 No

80 (28.7)

76 (54.3)

1

1

 
  1. Keys: -* = Significant in the bivariable analysis; + = Significant in the multivariable analysis, N Number, AOR Adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, COR Crude odds ratio