Table 4.
Proportion of subjective symptoms reporting
| Musculoskeletal disorder in the past 12 mo (n = 861) | Men (n = 501) n (%) |
Women (n = 360) n (%) |
Total (n = 861) n (%) |
Chi-square value | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neck pain | 119 (23.8) | 87 (24.2) | 206 (23.9) | 0.020 | 0.888 |
| Shoulder pain | 98 (19.6) | 88 (24.4) | 186 (21.6) | 2.950 | 0.086 |
| Right shoulder | 8 (1.6) | 2 (0.6) | 10 (1.2) | 1.978 | 0.160 |
| Left shoulder | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.8) | 4 (0.5) | 1.819 | 0.177 |
| Both shoulders | 91 (18.2) | 84 (23.3) | 175 (20.3) | 3.457 | 0.063 |
| Elbow pain | 21 (4.2) | 17 (4.7) | 38 (4.4) | 0.140 | 0.708 |
| Right elbow | 4 (0.8) | 5 (1.4) | 9 (1.0) | 0.706 | 0.401 |
| Left elbow | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) | 0.719 | 0.396 |
| Both elbows | 16 (3.2) | 13 (3.6) | 29 (3.4) | 0.112 | 0.738 |
| Wrist and hand pain | 49 (9.8) | 52 (14.4) | 101 (11.7) | 4.401 | 0.036∗ |
| Right wrist and hand | 12 (204) | 8 (2.2) | 20 (2.3) | 0.028 | 0.868 |
| Left wrist and hand | 4 (0.8) | 3 (0.8) | 7 (0.8) | 0.003 | 0.955 |
| Both wrist and hand | 33 (6.6) | 41 (11.39) | 74 (8.6) | 6.149 | 0.013∗ |
| Upper back pain | 142 (28.3) | 101 (28.1) | 243 (28.2) | 0.009 | 0.926 |
| Lower back pain | 195 (38.9) | 161 (44.7) | 356 (41.3) | 2.906 | 0.088 |
| Hip and thigh pain | 67 (13.4) | 80 (22.2) | 147 (17.1) | 11.585 | 0.001∗ |
| Knee pain | 58 (11.6) | 58 (16.1) | 116 (13.5) | 3.694 | 0.055 |
| Ankle pain | 52 (10.4) | 44 (12.2) | 96 (11.1) | 0.718 | 0.397 |
∗
Significant at <0.05.