Table 2.
Association between age, sex, years of experience, working hours, and work status with the 12-month prevalence of WMSDs.
| Variables |
12-month prevalence |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age range | Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
Total n (%) |
X2 | p-value |
| 21–30 | 21 (67.70) | 10 (32.30) | 31 (100.00) | ||
| 31–40 | 35 (76.10) | 11 (23.90) | 46 (100.00) | ||
| 41–50 | 18 (60.00) | 12 (40.00) | 30 (100.00) | 2.659 | 0.447 |
| 51–60 | 21 (75.00) | 7 (25.00) | 28 (100.00) | ||
| Total | 95 (70.40) | 40 (29.60) | 135 (100.00) | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 6 (66.70) | 3 (33.30) | 9 (100.00) | ||
| Female | 89 (70.60) | 37 (29.40) | 126 (100.00) | 0.063 | 0.801 |
| Total | 95 (70.40) | 40 (29.60) | 135 (100.00) | ||
| Years of experience | |||||
| 1–5 | 24 (70.60) | 10 (29.40) | 34 (100.00) | ||
| 6–10 | 20 (66.70) | 10 (33.30) | 30 (100.00) | 0.271 | 0.873 |
| >10 | 51 (71.80) | 20 (28.20) | 71 (100.00) | ||
| Total | 95 (70.40) | 40 (29.60) | 135 (100.00) | ||
| Working hours | |||||
| ˂40 hrs | 3 (60.00) | 2 (40.00) | 5 (100.00) | ||
| ≥40 hrs | 92 (70.80) | 38 (29.20) | 130 (100.00) | 0.268 | 0.605 |
| Total | 95(70.40) | 40(29.60) | 135(100.00) | ||
| Work status | |||||
| Full time | 93 (70.50) | 39 (29.50) | 132 (100.00) | ||
| Part time | 2 (66.70) | 1 (33.30) | 3 (100.00) | 0.020 | 0.887 |
| Total | 95 (70.40) | 40 (29.60) | 135 (100.00) | ||
Significant at p ≤ 0.05.
X2: Chi-square.
n: Frequency.
%: Percentage.