Table 3. Characteristics of the procedures performed by the respondents (n = 121).

		18- Discomfort or physical symptoms as direct consequence of your surgical practice						P
		Total (n = 121)		Yes (n = 97)		No (n = 24)
		n	%	n	%	n	%
12- Procedures per week	1-5	59	48.8%	44	45.4%	15	62.5%	0.213
	6-10	50	41.3%	43	44.3%	7	29.2%
	11-15	10	8.3%	9	9.3%	1	4.2%
	>15	2	1.7%	1	1.0%	1	4.2%
13- Average duration per procedure	<1	10	8.3%	8	8.2%	2	8.3%	0.686
	1-3	85	70.2%	70	72.2%	15	62.5%
	4-6	21	17.4%	15	15.5%	6	25.0%
	7-10	5	4.1%	4	4.1%	1	4.2%
	>10	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
14- Perform Laparoscopic procedures	Yes	67	55.4%	55	56.7%	12	50.0%	0.782
	No	34	28.1%	26	26.8%	8	33.3%
	Not Applicable	20	16.5%	16	16.5%	4	16.7%
16- Working hours per day	5-7	23	19.0%	18	18.6%	5	20.8%	0.177
	8-10	81	66.9%	68	70.1%	13	54.2%
	>10	17	14.0%	11	11.3%	6	25.0%
17- Dominant hand	Right	109	90.1%	89	91.8%	20	83.3%	0.287
	Left	7	5.8%	5	5.2%	2	8.3%
	Ambidextrous	5	4.1%	3	3.1%	2	8.3%
32- Manually lift parts of the patient's	Yes	91	75.2%	73	75.3%	18	75.0%	0.979
	No	30	24.8%	24	24.7%	6	25.0%
33- Shortage in the staff number	Yes	53	43.8%	41	42.3%	12	50.0%	0.834
	No	44	36.4%	36	37.1%	8	33.3%
	I don't know	24	19.8%	20	20.6%	4	16.7%
34- Type of shoes wear during procedure	Walking shoe-hard sole	16	13.2%	11	11.3%	5	20.8%	0.316
	Walking shoe-soft sole (crocs)	28	23.1%	25	25.8%	3	12.5%
	Sports/Men’s Shoe	52	43.0%	39	40.2%	13	54.2%
	Ladies dress shoe/ high sole	1	0.8%	1	1.0%	0	0.0%
	Designed shoes/clogs	24	19.8%	21	21.6%	3	12.5%