Table 4 Association between WPI and demographic and work-related characteristics of the study participants (n = 101)
From: Musculoskeletal pain among medical residents: role of workplace safety climate and sexual harassment
Basic characteristics | Widespread pain index | |
|---|---|---|
Median (IQR) | P value | |
Demographic characteristics | Â | Â |
Age | Â | Â |
 25- | 3.0(3.5) | 0.629§ |
 27–28 | 3.0(4.5) | |
  > 28 | 3.0(3.0) | |
Gender | Â | Â |
 Females | 3.0(3.0) | 0.377¥ |
 Males | 2.5(3.3) | |
Marital status | Â | Â |
 Single | 3.0(3.0) | 0.499§ |
 Married | 3.0(4.0) | |
 Divorced | 4.0 | |
Occupational characteristics | Â | Â |
Working place | Â | Â |
 Private | 3.0(2.0) | 0.924¥ |
 Public | 3.0(4.0) | |
Working shifts | Â | Â |
 Morning shift | 2.0(3.0) | 0.095¥ |
 Both Morning and Evening shifts | 3.0(3.0) | |
Shift duration | Â | Â |
 6 hours | 2.0(3.0) | 0.191§ |
 12 hours | 3.0(3.3) | |
 18–24 hours | 3.0(4.0) | |
Specialty | Â | Â |
 Clinical pathology | 2.0(2.3) | 0.084§ |
 ER, Anesthesia and ICU | 4.0(3.5) | |
 Family medicine | 3.0(3.3) | |
 Medicine | 2.0(3.0) | |
 Neuropsychiatry | 3.0(2.0) | |
 Obstetrics /gynecology | 4.0(2.0) | |
 Pediatrics | 2.5(2.8) | |
 Radiology | 4.5(6.8) | |
 Surgery | 4.0(3.0) | |
 Education |  |  |
 Fresh graduate | 3.0(4.0) | 0.219§ |
 Master’s | 2.0(3.0) | |
 Doctorate | 4.0(2.5) | |