Table 3 Demographic data for participants without headache and participants with follow-up headache occurrence
From: Factors associated with headache and neck pain among telecommuters – a five days follow-up
Without headache during the follow-up (n = 42) (mean ± sd) | With at least one headache episode during the follow-up (n = 67) (mean ± sd) | Chi-square (p-value) | T-test or Wilcoxon (p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline variables | ||||
Gender (M: F: O) | 19: 22: 1 | 20: 47: 0 | 0.101 | – |
Height (m) | 1.70 ± 0.11 | 1.67 ± 0.09 | – | 0.073† |
Weight (kg) | 74.34 ± 15.50 | 69.17 ± 17.72 | – | 0.030† |
BMI (kg/m2) | 25.38 ± 4.71 | 24.52 ± 4.71 | – | 0.215† |
Age (years) | 37.83 ± 11.03 | 35.24 ± 11.03 | – | 0.153† |
HIT-6 (/78) | 45.07 ± 8.83 | 52.10 ± 8.70 | – | < 0.001† |
NBQ (/70) | 12.00 ± 12.02 | 17.40 ± 11.97 | – | 0.011† |
Baseline headache intensity | 1.00 ± 1.50 | 3.28 ± 2.20 | – | < 0.001† |
Baseline neck pain intensity | 1.50 ± 1.95 | 2.81 ± 2.03 | – | 0.004† |
Baseline headache frequency | 0.83 ± 1.48 | 2.10 ± 1.74 | – | < 0.001† |
Baseline neck pain frequency | 1.62 ± 2.26 | 2.94 ± 2.58 | – | 0.001† |
Home workstation Yes (%) / No (%) | 64.29 / 35.71 | 76.12 / 23.88 | 0.183 | – |
Baseline headset wearing Yes (%) / No (%) | 52.38 / 47.62 | 70.15 / 29.85 | 0.061 | – |
Follow-up variables | ||||
Follow-up headset wearing Yes (%) / No (%) | 54.76 / 45.24 | 62.69 / 37.31 | 0.412 | – |
Follow-up telecommuting hours | 5.13 ± 2.04 | 5.50 ± 1.91 | – | 0.339* |
Follow-up headset wearing hours | 0.85 ± 1.49 | 1.70 ± 2.35 | – | 0.105† |