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Table 6.

The summary of logistic regression analysis for variables predicting the experience of musculoskeletal and visual symptoms, among university employees (N = 231), Jordan, September 2019–January 2020

Variable	Logistic regression
	musculoskeletal anatomical region								visual symptom
	neck		shoulders		hands/wrists		upper back		lower back		tired eyes		itchy eyes		teary eyes
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Gender
female	1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1
male	0.42^***	0.08–0.38	0.37^**	0.18–0.77	0.35 *	0.15–0.79	0.32^**	0.15–0.68	0.40^*	0.23–0.73	0.63	0.34–1.17	0.45^*	0.23–0.86	0.76	0.41–1.40
Job type
academic	1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1
administrative	2.29^*	1.13–4.63	1.45	0.76–2.78	1.29	0.63–2.63	1.5	0.74–3.10	2.7^*	1.27–5.86	1.21	0.66–2.25	1.26	0.64–2.48	1.58	0.85–2.99
Age
20–29 years	1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1
30–39 years	1.63	0.70–3.81	1.23	0.54–2.77	1.9	0.77–4.81	1.16	0.45–3.02	1.12	0.54–2.50	1.10	0.3–3.97	1.17	0.40–3.43	1.35	0.71–2.87
40–49 years	1.95	0.77–4.96	1.79	0.74–4.34	2.78	0.94–6.80	1.39	0.60–3.25	1.86	0.80–3.56	2.38	0.77–5.38	1.45	0.52–3.78	1.7	0.88–3.27
50–59 years	5.68^**	1.75–8.52	4.88^*	1.63–8.67	5.82^*	1.75–9.35	3.58^*	1.11–7.50	4.34^*	2.01–9.09	3.65^*	1.41–7.68	2.78^**	1.8–7.73	2.67^*	1.20–6.70
Employment duration
1–5 years	1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1
6–10 years	1.37	0.56–3.34	0.99	0.48–2.46	0.67	0.51–1.61	0.44	0.20–1.17	0.92	0.40–2.21	0.61	0.39–1.32	0.86	0.41–1.82	0.80	0.33–1.85
11–15 years	2.09^*	1.06–4.10	1.21	0.55–2.65	1.83	0.77–4.34	1.36	0.66–2.85	0.82	0.37–1.79	1.22	0.69–2.37	1.63	0.84–3.17	1.31	0.67–2.55
≥16 years	3.2^*	1.29–7.14	2.89^*	1.18–5.35	2.86^*	1.14–5.04	*2.46	1.03–5.86	2.68^*	1.12–4.86	2.77^*	1.16–6.64	2.96^*	1.12–5.83	1.66	0.71–3.86
Computer workstation-related work pattern
intermittent	1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1
continuous	2.32^*	1.16–4.61	2.34^*	1.13–4.84	2.31^*	1.17–4.99	1.27	0.59–2.74	1.10	0.5–2.24	1.93^*	1.08–3.47	1.37	0.72–2.60	2.3^*	1.11–4.76
Computer-related work
in the office
<1 h/day	1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1
1–2 h/day	1.28	0.3–5.06	1.10	0.24–4.78	1.10	0.4–3.97	1.15	0.44–2.99	1.21	0.67–2.71	1.17	0.40–3.34	2.20	0.84–7.09	1.11	0.55–2.33
3–5 h/day	1.88	0.51–6.90	1.18	0.27–5.16	2.38	0.77–7.38	1.29	0.26–4.50	2.79^*	1.12–5.03	1.45	0.52–3.78	2.44	0.89–5.35	1.58	0.70–3.55
>5 h/day	4.39^*	1.24–7.74	1.60	0.38–6.61	3.65^*	1.14–9.68	3.08	0.67–6.19	5.6^**	1.76–9.16	2.78^*	1.8–5.37	3.59^**	1.51–8.55	3.53^*	1.27–6.88
out of the office
<1 h/day	1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1
1–3 h/day	0.80	0.43–1.84	1.39	0.63–3.05	2.42^*	1.21–6.29	1.43	0.69–2.98	2.49^*	1.16–4.43	2.03^*	1.17–4.66	1.59	0.81–3.14	1.42	0.66–3.05
>3 h/day	2.20^*	1.18–4.64	2.37^*	1.13–4.46	2.76^*	1.15–5.40	1.48	0.72–3.03	2.63^*	1.22–5.35	2.34^*	1.05–3.92	2.30^*	1.20–4.44	1.49	0.68–3.25
Hours spent in a typical week on performing vigorous physical activities
none	1		1		1		1		1
1–3 h/week	0.67	0.4–1.61	1.53	0.76–3.06	0.51	0.20–1.36	1.39	0.7–2.77	1.28	0.62–2.63
4–6 h/week	1.83	0.77–4.34	2.60^*	1.10–5.43	1.28	0.62–2.63	1.37	0.60–3.13	2.03^*	1.17–3.92
>6 h/week	2.86^*	1.14–5.04	3.28^**	1.41–6.70	1.53	0.70–3.33	2.35^*	1.05–5.27	2.34^*	1.17–4.66

p < 0.05;

^**

p < 0.01;

^***

p < 0.001.