Table 4.

Risk of forearm pain at follow up in relation to occupational mechanical and psychosocial exposures

Baseline exposure	Forearm pain at follow up		Relative risk (95% CI)*
	Yes	No
Lift or carry weight with one or both hands
Never	17	337	1.0
Occasionally	14	280	1.0 (0.5 to 2.0)
Half or most of time	10	119	1.7 (0.8 to 3.6)
Push or pull weights
Never	21	423	1.0
Occasionally	11	216	1.0 (0.5 to 2.1)
Half or most of time	10	95	2.0 (0.96 to 4.3)
Type for 30 minutes without break
Never	24	418	1.0
Occasionally	11	187	1.0 (0.5 to 2.1)
Half or most of time	7	126	1.0 (0.4 to 2.4)
Repetitive movements of arms
Never	6	260	1.0
Occasionally	9	212	1.8 (0.6 to 5.1)
Half or most of time	27	265	4.1 (1.7 to 10)
Repetitive movements of wrists
Never	5	198	1.0
Occasionally	8	222	1.4 (0.4 to 4.2)
Half/most of the time	29	319	3.4 (1.3 to 8.7)
Feel job too hectic or fast
Never	5	153	1.0
Occasionally	22	351	1.9 (0.7 to 5.0)
Half or most of time	15	237	2.0 (0.7 to 5.6)
Feel job is boring or monotonous
Never	10	323	1.0
Occasionally	25	327	2.4 (1.2 to 5.0)
Half or most of time	7	90	2.5 (0.95 to 6.6)
Job causes stress or worry
Never	2	100	1.0
Occasionally	23	377	3.1 (0.7 to 13.1)
Half or most of time	17	264	3.3 (0.7 to 14.2)
Satisfied with support from supervisor or colleagues
Most of time	10	376	1.0
Half of time	10	186	2.1 (0.9 to 5.1)
Occasionally or never	20	153	4.7 (2.2 to 10)
Feel can learn new things
Most of time	10	203	1.0
Half of time	3	192	0.3 (0.1 to 1.2)
Occasionally or never	29	343	1.6 (0.8 to 3.3)
Feel can make decisions
Most of time	26	517	1.0
Half of time	7	135	1.0 (0.4 to 2.4)
Occasionally	9	88	2.0 (0.9 to 4.2)
Feel satisfied with job
Most of time	26	498	1.0
Half of time	12	163	1.4 (0.7 to 2.8)
Occasionally or never	4	78	1.0 (0.4 to 3.0)

^*Adjusted for age and sex.