Table 2.
Factors associated with WUEDs among barbers, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018.
| Variables (N=417) | Upper extremity disorders | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p value | |
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| Yes | No | ||||
| Age | |||||
| ≤30 years | 191 | 167 | 1 | ||
| >30 years | 46 | 13 | 3.09 (1.616, 5.925) | 2.61 (1.287, 5.307) | 0.001∗∗ |
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| Monthly salary | |||||
| <1100 ETB | 22 | 7 | 2.64 (1.063, 6.552) | 3.13 (1.157, 6.441) | 0.001∗∗ |
| 1101–1700 ETB | 134 | 105 | 1.07 (0.710, 1.616) | 1.54 (0.969, 2.436) | |
| >1700 ETB | 81 | 68 | 1 | 1 | |
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| Work experience | |||||
| ≤5 years | 161 | 139 | 1 | ||
| >5 years | 76 | 41 | 1.60 (1.028, 2.491) | 0.80 (0.448, 1.416) | 0.061∗ |
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| Working hours/day | |||||
| ≤8 hours | 51 | 57 | 1 | 1 | |
| >8 hours | 186 | 123 | 1.69 (1.087, 2.627) | 1.35 (0.813, 2.226) | 0.051∗ |
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| Safety training | |||||
| No | 221 | 174 | 0.48 (0.183, 1.243) | 0.45 (0.158, 1.279) | 0.043∗ |
| Yes | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
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| Alcohol drinking | |||||
| No | 123 | 145 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yes | 114 | 35 | 3.81 (2.435, 5.973) | 3.74 (2.280, 5.717) | 0.001∗∗ |
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| Physical exercise | |||||
| No | 182 | 111 | 2.06 (1.344, 3.149) | 1.94 (1.216, 3.089) | 0.002∗∗ |
| Yes | 55 | 69 | 1 | 1 | |
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| Working posture | |||||
| Standing | 126 | 77 | 1.52 (1.028, 2.243) | 1.54 (1.006, 2.346) | 0.103∗ |
| Sitting | 111 | 103 | 1 | 1 | |
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| Payment method | |||||
| Hourly | 54 | 47 | 1 | 1 | |
| Piece-rate work | 120 | 103 | 1.01 (0.633, 1.635) | 0.72 (0.342, 1.530) | |
| Monthly | 63 | 30 | 1.83 (1.019, 3.280) | 0.70 (0.349, 1.402) | 0.110∗ |
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| Rest break | |||||
| No | 113 | 99 | 0.75 (0.505, 1.100) | 1.04 (0.613, 1.747) | 0.022∗ |
| Yes | 124 | 81 | 1 | 1 | |
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| Job satisfaction | |||||
| Satisfied | 89 | 52 | 1 | 1 | |
| Not satisfied | 148 | 128 | 1.48 (0.977, 2.244) | 1.23 (0.702, 2.104) | 0.140∗ |
∗Significant at a p value <0.2 in a bivariate analysis; ∗∗significant in multivariate analysis at a p value <0.05. ETB = Ethiopian birr; N = number; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.