Table 2 Associations with low back, neck and shoulder pain in past year
From: Risk factors for musculoskeletal pain amongst nurses in Estonia: a cross-sectional study
Risk factors | Low back pain | Neck pain | Shoulder pain | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | aOR (95% CI) | bOR (95%CI) | n | aOR (95% CI) | bOR (95%CI) | n | aOR (95% CI) | bOR (95%CI) | |
Age (years) | |||||||||
23–29 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
30–39 | 41 | 1.2 (0.6-2.5) | 1.3 (0.6-2.9) | 41 | 1.2 (0.6-2.5) | 1.6 (0.7-3.7) | 15 | 2.2 (0.7–6.5) | 3.2 (0.9-11.9) |
40–49 | 29 | 1.4 (0.7-3.1) | 1.8 (0.8-4.6) | 26 | 1.1 (0.5-2.4) | 0.8 (0.3-2.0) | 14 | 3.4 (1.1–10.3) | 5.1 (1.3-19.6) |
50–59 | 30 | 3.4 (1.4-8.3) | 5.5 (1.8-17.1) | 24 | 1.7 (0.7-3.9) | 2.6 (0.9-7.3) | 13 | 4.4 (1.4–13.8) | 6.2 (1.4-26.9) |
Self-rated health | |||||||||
Good | 62 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
Poor | 62 | 2.1 (1.2-3.7) | 1.1 (0.5-2.3) | 56 | 1.9 (1.1-3.2) | 1.2 (0.6-2.4) | 34 | 4.8 (2.3-9.9) | 4.4 (1.7-11.4) |
Number of distressing somatic symptoms | |||||||||
0 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
1 | 31 | 1.7 (0.9-3.5) | 1.5 (0.7-3.4) | 27 | 1.5 (0.8-2.9) | 1.4 (0.6-3.0) | 15 | 3.2 (1.4-7.3) | 2.0 (0.7-5.2) |
≥2 | 33 | 3.5 (1.6-7.5) | 2.4 (0.9-6.0) | 33 | 3.9 (1.8-8.5) | 5.0 (1.8-13.9) | 17 | 4.9 (2.1–11.2) | 2.1 (0.7-6.0) |
Mood | |||||||||
Good | 14 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
Intermediate | 88 | 1.6 (0.7-3.4) | 1.8 (0.7-4.3) | 77 | 0.8 (0.4-1.7) | 0.7 (0.3-1.6) | 27 | 0.6 (0.2-1.7) | 0.3 (0.1-0.9) |
Poor | 22 | 4.5 (1.5-13.7) | 3.4 (0.9-12.5) | 20 | 1.9 (0.7-5.3) | 0.8 (0.2-2.8) | 13 | 3.3 (1.0-10.6) | 0.7 (0.2-3.2) |
Emotional exhaustion | |||||||||
Low | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Medium | 85 | 2.1 (0.9-4.7) | 2.1 (0.8-5.4) | 73 | 1.2 (0.5-2.6) | 0.9 (0.4-2.2) | 31 | 1.9 (0.6-6.1) | 2.6 (0.7-10.8) |
High | 19 | 2.0 (0.7-5.7) | 1.5 (0.4-6.1) | 23 | 3.2 (1.1-9.1) | 2.2 (0.5-9.3) | 10 | 3.0 (0.8-11.2) | 2.0 (0.3-11.9) |
Depersonalisation | |||||||||
Low | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Medium | 82 | 0.6 (0.2-1.7) | 0.4 (0.1-1.2) | 83 | 2.9 (1.0-8.0) | 3.5 (1.1-10.9) | 32 | 1.4 (0.4-5.3) | 1.6 (0.3-8-1) |
High | 21 | 0.7 (0.2-2.1) | 0.4 (0.1-1.6) | 23 | 3.8 (1.2-12.4) | 2.6 (0.6-11.3) | 11 | 2.1 (0.5-9.2) | 1.7 (0.3-10.9) |
Stressful occupational physical activity | |||||||||
No | 69 | 1 | 1 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 54 | 2.1 (1.2-3.7) | 2.2 (1.1-4.3) | 27 | 1.3 (0.7-2.6) | 1.1 (0.5-2.4) | 15 | 2.1 (1.0-4.5) | 3.0 (1.2-7.3) |
Time pressures at work | |||||||||
Low | 33 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
High | 88 | 1.2 (0.7-2.2) | 0.9 (0.5-1.9) | 87 | 1.9 (1.1-3.5) | 1.4 (0.7-2.8) | 33 | 1.2 (0.6–2.5) | 0.7 (0.3-1.7) |