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Table 6 Trimmed Regression Models for Predicting WMSD 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

Independent Variables

Odds Ratio (p-value)

General WMSD

Low back WMSD

Shoulder WMSD

DGW (n = 50)

SWD (n = 50)

DGW (n = 50)

SWD (n = 50)

DGW (n = 50)

SWD (n = 50)

Diastolic Blood

Pressure (mmHg)

1.29

(0.018)*

0.99

(0.012)*

–

–

–

–

work duration

(>  8 h/day)

< 0.001

(0.028)*

–

–

–

–

–

Gender (female)

1.13

(0.943)

6.47

(0.032)*

10.26

(0.021)*

0.001

(0.997)

6.98

(0.046)*

0.22 (0.118)

Age (years)

–

–

1.07

(0.062)

0.97

(0.816)

1.04

(0.276)

0.95

(0.299)

Sleep duration (<  6 h)

–

–

0.56

(0.004)*

0.93

(0.942)

0.73

(0.044)*

1.07

(0.791)

Exercise Status (poor)

–

–

–

–

0.15

(0.013)*

3.02

(0.331)

Nagelkerke R2

0.76

0.22

0.36

0.96

0.33

0.68

Classification

92.00%

70.00%

82.00%

98.00%

70.00%

88.00%

  1. WMSD Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorder, DGW Domestic Gas Workers, SWD Staff of Works Department
  2. * = significant (2-tailed) test at p < 0.05