Table 5.
BLR analysis between workstation deficiencies and MSDs.
| Predictor Variables Names | Logistic regression for musculoskeletal anatomical regions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoulder |
Neck |
Hand/Wrist |
Upper Back |
Lower Back |
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| OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | |
| Workstation Setup | 1.26* | 1.05–1.51 | 0.94* | 0.78–1.15 | 0.87* | 0.72–1.06 | 1.15* | 0.97–1.38 | 1.29* | 1.07–1.56 |
| Seating Arrangement | 1.62* | 1.21–2.17 | 0.95* | 0.69–1.31 | .861 | 0.63–1.17 | 1.45* | 1.09–1.94 | 0.77* | 0.57–1.03 |
| Keyboard/Input Device Orientation | 0.53* | 0.35–0.79 | 1.66 | 1.06–2.60 | 1.43* | 0.93–2.21 | 1.00 | 0.68–1.47 | 2.38 | 1.58–3.56 |
| General Ergonomics | 1.31 | 0.86–1.98 | 0.79 | 0.50–1.22 | 0.91* | 0.58–1.40 | 1.60* | 1.06–2.41 | 1.12* | 0.73–1.71 |
| Accessories Setup | 0.95* | 0.60–1.51 | 0.69* | 0.41–1.14 | 1.65* | 0.99–2.72 | 0.46* | 0.29–0.75 | 0.87* | 0.54–1.41 |
| Monitor Ergonomics | 1.16* | 0.85–1.60 | 1.07* | 0.75–1.54 | 1.01 | 0.72–1.42 | 1.12* | 0.81–1.54 | 1.08 | 0.78–1.51 |
Foot note: OR=Odds Ratio; CI= Confidence Interval, * Denotes Significant at p < 0.05.