Table 4.
Lifetime, 12-month and 7-day prevalence in terms of body regions for all respondents, separated by gender. An asterisk after the chi2 value symbolizes the significance level (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001). An ‘a’ stands behind the chi2 test, if Fisher’s exact test was applied when 20% of the cells of a contingency table were below 5.
| Lifetime Prevalence n (%) |
12-Month Prevalence n (%) |
7-day Prevalence n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Female | Male | Chi2 Female/Male | Chi2 Right/Left | Total | Female | Male | Chi2 Female/Male | Chi2 Right/Left | Total | Female | Male | Chi2 Female/Male | Chi2 Right/Left | ||
| Total prevalence | 431 (95.8) | 277 (96.5) | 154 (94.5) | 0.334 | 414 (92) | 270 (94.1) | 144 (88.3) | 0.108 | 295 (65.6) | 203 (70.7) | 92 (56.4) | 0.007 ** | ||||
| Neck | 353 (78.4) | 243 (84.7) | 110 (67.5) | 0.001 *** | 319 (70.9) | 227 (79.1) | 92 (56.4) | 0.001 *** | 192 (42.7) | 144 (50.2) | 48 (29.4) | 0.001 *** | ||||
| Shoulder | Total | 298 (66.2) | 206 (70.8) | 92 (56.4) | 0.001 *** | 250 (55.6) | 177 (61.7) | 73 (44.8) | 0.002 ** | 134 (29.8) | 99 (34.5) | 35 (21.5) | 0.006 ** | |||
| Left | 48 (10.7) | 28 (9.8) | 20 (12.3) | 0.429 | 0.001 *** | 51 (11.3) | 33 (11.5) | 18 (11) | 1.000 | 0.012 * | 29 (6.4) | 21 (7.3) | 8 (4.9) | 0.425 | 0.059 | |
| Right | 86 (19.1) | 58 (20.2) | 28 (17.2) | 0.457 | 82 (18.2) | 59 (20.6) | 23 (14.1) | 0.125 | 46 (10.2) | 35 (12.2) | 11 (6.7) | 0.103 | ||||
| Both | 164 (36.4) | 120 (41.8) | 44 (27) | 0.002 ** | 137 (30.4) | 103 (35.9) | 34 (20.9) | 0.002 ** | 59 (13.1) | 43 (15) | 16 (9.8) | 0.187 | ||||
| Elbow | Total | 48 (10.7) | 28 (9.8) | 20 (12.3) | 0.429 | 36 (8.0) | 21 (7.3) | 15 (9.2) | 0.468 | 16 (3.6) | 10 (3.5) | 6 (3.7) | 1.000 | |||
| Left | 6 (1.3) | 2 (0.7) | 4 (2.5) | 0.196 a | 1.000 a | 5 (1.1) | 3 (1) | 2 (1.2) | 0.671 a | 1.000 a | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 0.541 a | 1.000 a | |
| Right | 27 (6.0) | 19 (6.6) | 8 (4.9) | 0.540 | 20 (4.4) | 13 (4.5) | 7 (4.3) | 1.000 | 13 (2.9) | 7 (2.4) | 6 (3.7) | 0.557 | ||||
| Both | 15 (3.3) | 7 (2.4) | 8 (4.9) | 0.178 | 11 (2.4) | 5 (1.7) | 6 (3.7) | 0.210 a | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 1.000 a | ||||
| Wrist | Total | 135 (30) | 99 (34.5) | 36 (22.1) | 0.007 ** | 90 (20) | 62 (21.6) | 28 (17.2) | 0.326 | 38 (8.4) | 25 (8.7) | 13 (8) | 0.862 | |||
| Left | 16 (3.6) | 11 (3.8) | 5 (3.1) | 0.795 | 0.086 a | 10 (2.2) | 8 (2.8) | 2 (1.2) | 0.506 a | 0.619 a | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 1.000 a | 1.000 a | |
| Right | 75 (16.7) | 58 (20.2) | 17 (10.4) | 0.008 ** | 53 (11.8) | 38 (13.2) | 15 (9.2) | 0.284 | 26 (5.8) | 17 (5.9) | 9 (5.5) | 1.000 | ||||
| Both | 44 (9.8) | 30 (10.5) | 14 (8.6) | 0.621 | 28 (6.2) | 17 (5.9) | 11 (6.7) | 0.686 | 11 (2.4) | 7 (2.4) | 4 (2.5) | 1.000 a | ||||
| Upper back | 190 (42.2) | 141 (49.1) | 49 (30.1) | 0.001 *** | 150 (33.3) | 113 (39.4) | 37 (22.7) | 0.001 *** | 67 (14.9) | 50 (17.4) | 17 (10.4) | 0.071 | ||||
| Lower Back | 264 (58.7) | 166 (57.8) | 98 (60.1) | 0.691 | 206 (45.8) | 130 45.3 | 76 (46.6) | 0.615 | 103 (22.9) | 61 (21.3) | 42 (25.8) | 0.238 | ||||
| Hip | Total | 60 (13.3) | 42 (14.6) | 18 (11) | 0.315 | 52 (11.6) | 37 (12.9) | 15 (9.2) | 0.287 | 25 (5.6) | 15 (5.2) | 10 (6.1) | 0.669 | |||
| Left | 18 (4) | 11 (3.8) | 7 (4.3) | 1.000 | 0.614 a | 17 (3.8) | 10 (3.5) | 7 (4.3) | 0.797 | 1.000 a | 9 (2.0) | 5 (1.7) | 4 (2.5) | 0.727 a | 1.000 a | |
| Right | 26 (5.8) | 22 (7.7) | 4 (2.5) | 0.033 * | 23 (5.1) | 20 (7) | 3 (1.8) | 0.024 * | 12 (2.7) | 9 (3.1) | 3 (1.8) | 0.551 a | ||||
| Both | 16 (3.6) | 9 (3.1) | 7 (4.3) | 0.599 | 12 (2.7) | 7 (2.4) | 5 (3.1) | 0.762 a | 4 (0.9) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (1.8) | 0.131 a | ||||
| Knee | Total | 61 (13.6) | 48 (16.7) | 13 (8) | 0.010 ** | 43 (9.6) | 33 (11.5) | 10 (6.1) | 0.093 | 21 (4.7) | 15 (5.2) | 6 (3.7) | 0.642 | |||
| Left | 19 (4.2) | 13 (4.5) | 6 (3.7) | 0.809 | 1.000 a | 16 (3.5) | 12 (4.2) | 4 (2.4) | 0.621 | 0.437 a | 10 (2.2) | 7 (2.4) | 3 (1.8) | 1.000 a | 1.000 a | |
| Right | 16 (3.6) | 15 (5.2) | 1 (0.6) | 0.014 * | 13 (2.9) | 12 (4.2) | 1 (0.6) | 0.023 a * | 4 (0.9) | 4 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 0.302 a | ||||
| Both | 26 (5.8) | 20 (7) | 6 (3.7) | 0.207 | 14 (3.1) | 9 (3.1) | 5 (3.1) | 1.000 | 7 (1.6) | 4 (1.4) | 3 (1.8) | 0.703 a | ||||
| Ankle | Total | 35 (7.8) | 26 (9.1) | 9 (5.5) | 0.203 | 28 (6.2) | 20 (7) | 8 (4.9) | 0.541 | 16 (3.6) | 11 (3.8) | 5 (3.1) | 0.796 | |||
| Left | 11 (2.4) | 8 (2.8) | 3 (1.8) | 0.753 | 1.000 a | 7 (1.6) | 5 (1.7) | 2 (1.2) | 0.717 a | 1.000 a | 5 (1.1) | 4 (1.4) | 1 (0.6) | 0.660 a | 1.000 a | |
| Right | 6 (1.3) | 4 (1.4) | 2 (1.2) | 1.000 | 6 (1.3) | 3 (1) | 3 (1.8) | 0.671 a | 3 (0.7) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (1.2) | 0.289 a | ||||
| Both | 18 (4) | 14 (4.9) | 4 (2.5) | 0.226 | 15 (3.3) | 12 (4.2) | 3 (1.8) | 0.275 | 8 (1.8) | 6 (2.1) | 2 (1.2) | 0.717 a | ||||