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Table 4 Number of cases and percentages of strong (low) back pain and neck/shoulder pain in men and women by degree of work-to-life conflict

From: Work-life conflict and musculoskeletal disorders: a cross-sectional study of an unexplored association

 

Suffer a lot from backache or lower back pain

Suffer a lot from neck or shoulder pain

 

Men

Women

Men

Women

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Work-to-life conflict

        

   Very low (0-3)

23

4.2

25

5.6

28

5.1

37

8.2

   Low (4-7)

97

7.4

76

8.9

79

6.0

117

13.6

   Moderate (8-11)

86

9.1

80

11.0

97

10.3

149

20.3

   High (12-15)

53

12.1

69

19.1

69

15.9

109

30.1

   Very high (16-20)

18

19.1

24

27.3

23

24.2

37

42.0

Total

277

8.3

274

11.0

296

8.9

449

18.0