Table 3 Comparison between teachers with and without WRMSDs as regards their work-related psychosocial history
|  | All Teachers (N = 310) | Without WRMSDs (N = 103) | With WRMSDs (N = 207) | Statistical Test | P- value | PR (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | No | % | |||||
Having too much to do at work | Yes | 236 | 76.1 | 73 | 30.9 | 163 | 69.1 | χ2 = 2.34 | 0.13 |  |
No | 74 | 23.9 | 30 | 40.5 | 44 | 59.5 | ||||
Working regularly under pressure of time | Yes | 188 | 60.6 | 60 | 31.9 | 128 | 68.1 | χ2 = 0.37 | 0.54 |  |
No | 122 | 39.4 | 43 | 35.2 | 79 | 64.8 | ||||
Having enough variety in work | Yes | 207 | 66.8 | 73 | 35.3 | 134 | 64.7 | χ2 = 1.17 | 0.28 |  |
No | 103 | 33.2 | 30 | 29.1 | 73 | 70.9 | ||||
The supervision providing enough psychosocial support in work | Yes | 147 | 47.4 | 60 | 40.8 | 87 | 59.2 | χ2 = 7.26 | 0.007 | 1.24 (1.06 – 1.46) |
No | 163 | 52.6 | 43 | 26.4 | 120 | 73.6 | ||||
Counting upon the psychosocial support of one of the colleagues if necessary | Yes | 263 | 84.8 | 88 | 33.5 | 175 | 66.5 | χ2 = 0.04 | 0.84 |  |
No | 47 | 15.2 | 15 | 31.9 | 32 | 68.1 | ||||
Enjoying mostly the work | Yes | 200 | 64.5 | 68 | 34 | 132 | 66 | χ2 = 0.15 | 0.7 |  |
No | 110 | 35.5 | 35 | 31.8 | 75 | 68.2 | ||||