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Table 1 Demographics and pain intensity of study participants. Mean (SD)

From: Associations between biopsychosocial factors and chronic upper limb pain among slaughterhouse workers: cross sectional study

 

Chronic pain

Pain-free control

Demographics

  

 Age (years)

45 (11)

45 (11)

 Height (cm)

179 (7)

178 (7)

 Weight (kg)

90 (16)

87 (13)

 Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

28 (5)

28 (5)

 Weekly working hours

40 (1)

39 (6)

 Duration of slaughterhouse work (years)

17 (10)

16 (13)

 Number of participants

49

33

Clinical

  

 Shoulder pain intensity previous week (0-10)

5.6 (2.3)

0.1 (0.3)

 Elbow/Forearm pain intensity previous week (0–10)

3.9 (2.7)

0.0 (0.2)

 Hand/Wrist pain intensity previous week (0–10)

3.7 (2.9)

0.2 (0.6)

 Pain duration > 3 months (%)

100

0