Table 4.
Summary of questionnaire and neuropsychological test data in relation to expression of musculoskeletal symptoms
|
Offshore workers |
Divers |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No symptomsn= 82 | Symptomsn= 38 | p | No symptomsn= 103 | Symptomsn= 48 | p | |
| GSS |
3.0 (2.3 to 3.7) |
3.9 (2.4 to 5.3) |
0.22 |
2.5 (2.0 to 3.2) |
6.3 (4.6 to 8.1) |
<0.001 |
| SF36 PCS |
50.9 (49.1 to 52.7) |
43.8 (40.2 to 47.5) |
<0.001 |
52.4 (50.9 to 53.9) |
42.9 (39.3 to 46.4) |
<0.001 |
| SF36 MCS |
52.3 (50.4 to 54.2) |
52.4 (50.2 to 54.8) |
0.93 |
52.3 (51.9 to 54.7) |
47.6 (43.7 to 51.5) |
0.001 |
| HADSa |
5.76 (4.94 to 6.58) |
6.58 (5.57 to 7.59) |
0.24 |
6.2 (5.6 to 6.9) |
8.0 (6.8 to 9.3) |
0.005 |
| HADSd |
3.45 (2.78 to 4.12) |
4.66 (3.81 to 5.51) |
0.04 |
3.7 (3.1 to 4.2) |
5.0 (3.9 to 6.0) |
0.02 |
| PRMQ |
36.8 (35.0 to 38.6) |
40.5 (37.8 to 43.3) |
0.02 |
40.7 (39.1 to 42.3) |
47.1 (44.1 to 50.1) |
<0.001 |
| CFQ |
32.5 (30.0 to 34.9) |
36.0 (32.4 to 39.6) |
0.11 |
37.8 (35.3 to 40.2) |
44.3 (40.2 to 48.4) |
0.005 |
| DEX |
17.1 (15.2 to 18.9) |
19.0 (16.5 to 21.5) |
0.23 |
18.9 (17.2 to 20.6) |
25.6 (21.6 to 29.6) |
<0.001 |
| MemComp |
0.5 (−0.4 to 1.4) |
−0.2 (−1.4 to 1.0) |
0.39 |
0.7 (−0.4 to 1.4) |
0.2 (−0.8 to 1.2) |
0.46 |
| ExecComp | −0.04 (−0.4 to 0.3) | 0.05 (−0.5 to 0.6) | 0.78 | −0.04 (−0.4 to 0.3) | 0.3 (−0.2 to 0.8) | 0.25 |
Data are quoted as mean and 95% CI.