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Table 2 One year prevalence of CANS lasting for at least one week during the previous year

From: Work-related complaints of arm, neck and shoulder among computer office workers in an Asian country: prevalence and validation of a risk-factor questionnaire

Complaint

Number of subjects with complaints

All Prevalence (95% CI) (n = 440)

Males Prevalence (95% CI) (n = 188)

Females Prevalence (95% CI)(n = 252)

Neck complaints

163

0.37 (0.29 to 0.45)

0.38 (0.26 to 0.51)

0.36 (0.26 to 0.47)

Shoulder complaints

150

0.34 (0.26 to 0.42)

0.33 (0.22 to 0.46)

0.35 (0.25 to 0.46)

Upper arm complaints

84

0.19 (0.12 to 0.25)

0.18 (0.10 to 0.29)

0.19 (0.11 to 0.28)

Elbow complaints

48

0.11 (0.06 to 0.16)

0.07 (0.02 to 0.14)

0.14 (0.07 to 0.22)

Lower arm complaints

40

0.09 (0.05 to 0.15)

0.08 (0.03 to 0.16)

0.10 (0.04 to 0.17)

Wrist complaints

92

0.21 (0.15 to 0.28)

0.12 (0.05 to 0.21)

0.29 (0.19 to 0.39)

Hand complaints

106

0.24 (0.17 to 0.31)

0.18 (0.10 to 0.29)

0.28 (0.18 to 0.38)

Mild cases

238

0.54 (0.45 to 0.62)

0.55 (0.42 to 0.67)

0.52 (0.41 to 0.63)

Severe cases

44

0.10 (0.06 to 0.15)

0.12 (0.05 to 0.21)

0.09 (0.04 to 0.16)