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Table 3 Socio-demographic predictors of MSDs at different sites among healthcare professionals

From: Musculoskeletal disorders among doctors and nursing officers : an occupational hazard of overstrained healthcare delivery system in western Rajasthan, India

Variables

Adjusted Odds Ratio with 95% CI

Upper back

Lower Back

Neck

Shoulder

Elbow

Wrist

Hips

Knee

Ankle

Age 30–39 yrs

1.08(0.52–2.34)

1.51(0.84–2.7)

1.55(0.83–2.93)

0.72(0.36–1.42)

1(0.29–3.38)

0.64(0.27–1.52)

2.17(0.78-6.0)

1.52(0.73–3.17)

0.84(0.43–1.65)

Age ≥ 40 yrs

1.05(0.23–4.83)

0.67(0.19–2.39)

0.78(0.22–2.73)

0.56(0.14–2.22)

1.97(0.27–14.52)

0.64(0.14–4.09)

4.7(0.66–33.41)

2.05(0.49–8.6)

0.31(0.05–1.73)

Female sex

2.49(1.27–4.85)

1.67(0.96–2.91)

2.15(1.22–3.77)

2.8(1.54–5.11)

2.1(0.76–5.81)

1.57(0.72–3.41)

9.46(3.95–22.68)

3.8(1.99–7.26)

1.83(0.98–3.44)

Married

0.78(0.37–1.66)

0.88(0.48–1.63)

0.61(0.32–1.15)

0.81(0.41–1.59)

0.74(0.22–2.49)

0.75(0.33–1.74)

0.96(0.36–2.59)

2.03(0.94-.62)

0.91(0.45–1.81)

Nursing officer

0.87(0.41–0.9)

0.56(0.31–1.05)

2.29(1.2–4.36)

1.47(0.73–2.97)

0.81(0.24–2.69)

1.01(0.42–2.55)

0.29(0.10–0.88)

0.43(0.20–0.94)

0.72(0.34–1.49)

> 48 working

hrs per week

2.24(1.09–4.58)

2.19(1.23–3.99)

0.64(0.34–1.19)

1.63(0.85–3.12)

1.5(0.48–4.64)

1.4(0.59–3.34)

2.05(0.82–5.12)

0.85(0.41-.82)

1.75(0.89–3.44)

≥ 4 sitting

hours per day

2.17(0.84–5.62)

0.49(0.26–0.92)

1(0.51–1.95)

0.98(0.47–2.03)

2.18(0.46–10.3)

0.52(0.23–1.2)

1.38(0.53-.83)

1(0.47–2.12)

0.83(0.42–1.66)

≥ 5 yrs work

experience

1.14(0.53–2.45)

0.87(0.48–1.58)

1.46(0.76–2.8)

1.15(0.58–2.29)

2.78(0.73–10.66)

0.78(0.33–1.85)

0.68(0.25–1.88)

0.88(0.42–1.87)

1.4(0.69–2.84)

Moderate PA

0.52(0.18–1.55)

0.5(0.21–1.21)

0.86(0.34–2.18)

1.37(0.46–4.04)

0.67(0.14–0.5)

0.8(0.19–3.39)

3.51(0.81–5.38)

1.47(0.45–4.84)

1.73(0.57–5.31)

Low PA

0.83(0.33–2.11)

0.97(0.43–2.16)

1.15(0.5–2.62)

1.81(0.67–4.88)

1.52(0.31–7.49)

1.62(0.44–5.96)

1.53(0.38–6.22)

2.39(0.81–7.03)

2.04(0.72–5.79)

Overweight

0.88(0.37–2.11)

0.99(0.51–1.93)

1.14(0.56–2.32)

1.53(0.73-.33)

0.71(0.18–2.74)

1.77(0.66–4.74)

1.88(0.65-.91)

1.04(0.47–2.3)

1.17(0.53–2.55)

Obese

1.08(0.52–2.25)

1(0.56–1.8)

1.61(0.87-3.00)

1.45(0.73–2.89)

0.87(0.29–2.59)

1.43(0.58–3.55)

2.83(1.05–7.59)

0.9(0.44–1.83)

1.15(0.57–2.3)