Is new tech a pain in the neck? The impact of introducing new technologies in home-care on neck pain: a prospective study

Table 2 Estimates from random intercept ordinal regressions with the introduction of new technologies and the evaluation of implementation as predictors and pain complaints after eight months as outcomes

		Model 1	Model 2
		OR [95% CI]	OR [95% CI]
Introduction of new technologies	None	Ref	Ref
	Not sure	0.87 [0.51, 1.50]	0.82 [0.47, 1.43]
	Yes	0.91 [0.65, 1.28]	0.83 [0.58, 1.19]
Quality of training	Very poor	Ref	Ref
	Rather poor	0.35 [0.17, 0.70]	0.37 [0.18, 0.75]
	Neither poor nor good	0.39 [0.21, 0.73]	0.44 [0.23, 0.84]
	Not sure	0.42 [0.21, 0.86]	0.51 [0.24, 1.08]
	Rather good	0.34 [0.18, 0.61]	0.39 [0.21, 0.73]
	Very good	0.29 [0.15, 0.58]	0.33 [0.16, 0.67]

Note: OR: Odds ratio, 95% CI: 95% confidence interval
Model 1 was adjusted for the level of outcome at baseline, gender, age, level of education
Model 2 was adjusted for the level of outcome at baseline, gender, age, level of education, and psychosocial work factors (quantitative job demands and control over decisions)
Statistically significant estimates given in bold

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