Table 3.
Prevalence of WRMDs according to demographic characteristics.
| Characteristics | WRMD | No WRMD | Chi Statistics | ||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Age Group (yrs) | |||||
| < 30 | 44 | (93.6) | 3 | (6.4) | |
| > 30 | 71 | (89.9) | 8 | (10.1) | 0.52 (p = 0.536) |
| BMI Group | |||||
| 18.5–24.9 | 88 | (94.6) | 5 | (5.4) | |
| 25.0–29.9 | 22 | (84.6) | 4 | (15.4) | |
| > 30 | 5 | (71.4) | 2 | (28.6) | 6.22 (p = 0.045)* |
| Years of PT experience (yrs) | |||||
| 1–5 | 43 | (87.8) | 6 | (12.2) | |
| 6–15 | 54 | (94.7) | 3 | (5.3) | |
| > 16 | 18 | (90.0) | 2 | (10.0) | 1.67 (p = 0.436) |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 46 | (100) | 0 | (0.0) | |
| Male | 69 | (86.3) | 11 | (13.8) | 6.93 (p = 0.007)* |
| Work Status | |||||
| Full Time | 111 | (91.0) | 11 | (9.0) | |
| Part Time | 4 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0.39 (p = 1.000) |
| Work Setting | |||||
| Tertiary | 47 | (87.0) | 7 | (13.0) | |
| Secondary | 67 | (94.4) | 4 | (5.6) | 2.05 (p = 0.205) |
| Ergonomic Training | |||||
| Yes | 63 | (96.9) | 7 | (13.0) | |
| No | 44 | (93.6) | 3 | (6.4) | 0.69 (p = 0.648) |
| Postgraduate Training | |||||
| Yes | 29 | (90.6) | 3 | (9.4) | |
| No | 86 | (91.5) | 8 | (8.5) | 0.02 (p = 1.000) |
WRMDs: Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
BMI: Body Mass Index
PT: Physical Therapy
*: indicates significance between group differences in the observed proportions for each variable.