Table 2 Twelve-month prevalence of WRMSDs in musculoskeletal body regions, certainty assessment and level of evidence
№ of studies | Certainty assessment | Effect | Certainty | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | № of individuals | Event rate(95% CI) | ||
Neck (follow up: 12 months; assessed with: Prevalence) | |||||||||
11 | observational studies | not serious a | serious b | not serious c | serious d | publication bias strongly suspected e | 1900 | 39% (29–51) | ⨁◯◯◯VERY LOW |
Shoulder (follow up: 12 months; assessed with: Prevalence) | |||||||||
10 | observational studies | not serious a | serious b | not serious c | not serious f | publication bias strongly suspected e | 1518 | 44% (37–51) | ⨁⨁◯◯LOW |
Elbow (follow up: 12 months; assessed with: Prevalence) | |||||||||
8 | observational studies | not serious a | serious b | not serious c | not serious f | publication bias strongly suspected e | 1102 | 18% (12–26) | ⨁⨁◯◯LOW |
Hand-wrist (follow up: 12 months; assessed with: Prevalence) | |||||||||
10 | observational studies | not serious a | serious b | not serious c | not serious f | publication bias strongly suspected e | 1518 | 29% (20–40) | ⨁⨁◯◯LOW |
Upper-back (follow up: 12 months; assessed with: Prevalence) | |||||||||
8 | observational studies | not serious a | serious b | not serious c | not serious f | publication bias strongly suspected e | 994 | 34% (25–44) | ⨁⨁◯◯LOW |
Lower-back (follow up: 12 months; assessed with: Prevalence) | |||||||||
19 | observational studies | not serious a | serious b | not serious c | not serious f | publication bias strongly suspected e | 3139 | 62% (54–70) | ⨁⨁◯◯LOW |
Waist (follow up: 12 months; assessed with: Prevalence) | |||||||||
7 | observational studies | not serious a | serious b | not serious c | not serious d | publication bias strongly suspected e | 1020 | 42% (31–53) | ⨁⨁◯◯LOW |
Knee (follow up: 12 months; assessed with: Prevalence) | |||||||||
8 | observational studies | not serious a | serious b | not serious c | not serious f | publication bias strongly suspected e | 1070 | 47% (36–59) | ⨁⨁◯◯LOW |
Ankle-feet (follow up: 12 months; assessed with: Prevalence) | |||||||||
9 | observational studies | not serious a | serious b | not serious c | serious d | publication bias strongly suspected e | 1375 | 35 (22–51) | ⨁◯◯◯VERY LOW |