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Table 5 Association between WMSD and selected work-related risk factors among Domestic Gas Workers and Staff of Works Department (n = 100)

From: Prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal symptoms and associated risk factors among domestic gas workers and staff of works department in Enugu, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Variables

χ2-stastistics (p-value)

General WMSD

Shoulder WMSD

Low Back WMSD

DGW (n = 50)

SWD (n = 50)

DGW (n = 50)

SWD (n = 50)

DGW (n = 50)

SWD (n = 50)

Daily work duration

21.06 (0.007)*

5.86 (0.050)*

12.24 (0.141)

4.780 (0.090)

13.30 (0.101)

0.26 (0.880)

Break

0.34 (0.737)

0.06 (0.588)

2.26 (0.225)

0.93 (0.440)

2.44 (0.207)

0.14 (0.880)

Sleep duration

11.35 (0.125)

4.65 (0.795)

26.80 (< 0.001)*

4.19 (0.830)

31.3 (< 0.001)*

3.61 (0.890)

Work shift

0.90 (0.454)

0.22 (0.430)

0.14 (0.549)

2.37 (0.130)

0.08 (0.578)

1.66 (0.380)

Work frequency

2.57 (0.277)

9.06 (0.011)*

1.74 (0.499)

9.17 (0.100)

2.97 (0.226)

0.11 (0.940)

Year of service

34.77 (0.070)

20.84 (0.346)

22.10 (0.181)

22.01 (0.280)

22.68 (0.160)

50.0 (< 0.001)*

Lifting training

2.36 (0.036)*

1.67 (0.380)

0.00 (0.543)

7.48 (0.120)

0.05 (0.535)

50.00 (0.020)*

Use of PPE(gloves)

7.64 (0.022)*

1.67 (0.380)

3.80 (0.149)

0.13 (0.880)

3.48 (0.178)

0.02 (0.980)

Exercise status

3.49 (0.067)

0.88 (0.642)

5.51 (0.020)*

0.38 (0.670)

1.69 (1.610)

0.80 (0.670)

  1. DGW Domestic Gas Workers, SWD Staff of Works Department, PPE personal protective equipment
  2. * = significant (2-tailed) test at p < 0.05
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