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Table 3 Musculoskeletal symptom and their association with ROSA ergonomic index score across participating office workers

From: Musculoskeletal symptoms and their associated risk factors among Saudi office workers: a cross-sectional study

Body part

In the past 7 days

In the past 12 months

Disabling in the past 12 months

Seen a doctor

Rosa Score

ROSA Score

ROSA Score

ROSA Score

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

High risk

Any part

 No

147 (78.6)

40 (21.4)

67 (95.7)

3 (04.3)

177 (82.3)

38 (17.7)

228 (72.8)

85 (27.2)

 Yes

152 (57.6)

112 (42.4)

232 (60.9)

149 (39.1)

122 (51.7)

114 (48.3)

71 (51.5)

67 (48.5)

 P-value

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

Neck

 No

245 (71.4)

98 (28.6)

162 (72.0)

63 (28.0)

263 (70.5)

110 (29.5)

264 (68.4)

122 (31.6)

 Yes

54 (50.0)

54 (50.0)

137 (60.6)

89 (39.4)

36 (46.1)

42 (53.9)

35 (53.8)

30 (46.2)

 P-value

<  0.001

0.01

<  0.001

0.02

Shoulder

 No

212 (68.6)

97 (31.4)

163 (74.8)

55 (25.2)

224 (71.1)

91 (28.9)

267 (69.7)

116 (30.3)

 Yes

87 (61.3)

55 (38.7)

136 (58.4)

97 (41.6)

75 (55.1)

61 (44.9)

32 (47.1)

36 (52.9)

 P-value

0.12

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

Upper Back

 No

259 (68.9)

117 (31.1)

199 (72.1)

77 (27.9)

271 (69.0)

122 (31.0)

278 (68.0)

131 (32.0)

 Yes

40 (53.3)

35 (46.7)

100 (57.1)

75 (42.9)

28 (48.3)

30 (51.7)

21 (50.0)

21 (50.0)

 P-value

0.009

<  0.001

0.002

0.02

Elbows

 No

288 (67.3)

140 (32.7)

265 (66.4)

134 (33.6)

294 (67.6)

141 (32.4)

292 (66.8)

145 (33.2)

 Yes

11 (47.8)

12 (52.2)

34 (65.4)

18 (34.6)

5 (31.3)

11 (68.7)

7 (50.0)

7 (50.0)

 P-value

0.05

0.88

0.003

0.19

Wrists/Hands

 No

279 (67.5)

133 (32.5)

206 (71.8)

81 (28.2)

285 (68.4)

132 (31.6)

286 (67.8)

136 (32.2)

 Yes

23 (54.8)

19 (45.2)

93 (56.7)

71 (43.3)

14 (41.2)

20 (58.8)

13 (44.8)

16 (55.2)

 P-value

0.09

<  0.001

0.001

0.01

Lower Back

 No

253 (70.7)

105 (29.3)

157 (76.6)

48 (23.4)

268 (72.8)

100 (27.2)

259 (68.2)

121 (31.8)

 Yes

46 (49.5)

47 (50.5)

142 (57.7)

104 (42.3)

31 (37.3)

52 (62.7)

40 (56.3)

31 (43.7)

 P-value

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

0.05

Hips/Thighs/Buttocks

 No

288 (67.1)

141 (32.9)

247 (68.8)

112 (31.2)

292 (68.9)

132 (31.1)

289 (66.9)

143 (33.1)

 Yes

11 (50.0)

11 (50.0)

52 (56.5)

40 (43.48)

7 (25.9)

20 (74.1)

10 (52.6)

9 (47.4)

 P-value

0.09

0.02

<  0.001

0.19

Knees

 No

279 (68.2)

130 (31.8)

219 (71.6)

87 (28.4)

292 (70.0)

125 (23.0)

289 (68.5)

133 (31.5)

 Yes

20 (47.6)

22 (52.4)

80 (55.2)

65 (44.8)

7 (20.6)

27 (79.4)

10 (34.5)

19 (65.5)

 P-value

0.007

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

Ankles/Feet

 No

280 (67.1)

137 (32.9)

245 (69.2)

109 (30.8)

292 (67.7)

139 (32.3)

286 (67.0)

141 (33.0)

 Yes

19 (55.9)

15 (44.1)

54 (55.7)

43 (44.3)

7 (35.0)

13 (65.0)

13 (54.2)

11 (45.8)

 P-value

0.18

0.01

0.002

0.19

  1. P-values in bold are significant <  0.05