Table 2.
Symptom Data Generated from Survey Responses
| Anatomic Region | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question | Neck n (valid %) | Shoulders n (valid %) | Elbows n (valid %) | Wrists/Hands n (valid %) | Upper Back n (valid %) | Lower Back n (valid %) | Hips/Thighs n (valid %) | Knees n (valid %) | Ankles/Feet n (valid %) |
| Have you at any time during the last 12 months had trouble (ache, pain, discomfort) in your…? | 19 (59.4) | 11 (34.4) | 1 (3.1) | 6 (19.4) | 11 (35.5) | 17 (54.8) | 3 (9.7) | 7 (22.6) | 7 (22.6) |
| Have you at any time during the last 12 months been prevented from doing your normal work (at home or away from home) because of your symptoms? | 3 (15.8) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (18.2) | 2 (11.8) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (14.3) | ||
| Have you had trouble at any time during the last 7 days? | 8 (42.1) | 7 (63.6) | 1 (100) | 5 (45.5) | 6 (35.3) | 3 (100.0) | 5 (71.4) | 5 (71.4) | |
| Symptom characterization: | |||||||||
| Pain | 15 (78.9) | 10 (90.9) | 6 (100.0) | 10 (90.9) | 13 (76.5) | 2 (66.7) | 7 (100.0) | 5 (71.4) | |
| Stiffness | 14 (73.7) | 6 (54.5) | 2 (33.3) | 8 (72.7) | 10 (58.5) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (28.6) | 1 (14.3) | |
| Weakness | 1 (5.3) | 1 (9.1) | 2 (33.3) | 1 (14.3) | |||||
| Paresthesia | 1 (100) | 1 (5.9) | 1 (14.3) | ||||||
| Other | 1 (5.9) | 2 (28.6) | |||||||
| Symptom severity: | |||||||||
| Mild | 15 (78.9) | 9 (81.8) | 1 (100) | 5 (83.3) | 9 (81.8) | 13 (76.5) | 2 (66.7) | 4 (57.1) | 5 (71.4) |
| Moderate | 3 (15.8) | 2 (18.2) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (18.2) | 4 (23.5) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (42.9) | 2 (28.6) | |
| Severe | 1 (5.3) | ||||||||
| Have you ever had to stop operating as a result of your symptoms? | 2 (10.5) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (33.3) | ||||||
| Have you ever lost time from work due to symptoms? | 1 (5.3) | 1 (33.3) | |||||||
| Time lost (in days): | 1 | 14 | |||||||
| Do you attribute your symptoms to your work as a surgeon? | |||||||||
| Yes | 16 (84.2) | 7 (63.6) | 3 (50.0) | 10 (90.9) | 6 (35.3) | 2 (28.6) | 7 (100.0) | ||
| No | 1 (5.3) | 3 (27.3) | 1 (100) | 3 (50.0) | 1 (9.1) | 10 (58.8) | 3 (100.0) | 3 (42.9) | |
| Unsure | 2 (10.5) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (5.9) | 2 (28.6) | |||||