Table 4.

Factors associated with MSP among academic staff at Mekelle University Tigray, Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 414).

Variables		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	P value
Gender	Men	1	1
	Women	1.78 (1.103-2.861)	3.02 (1.584-5.768)*	.001
Age	23-30	1	1
	31-40	1.81 (1.165-2.815)	1.35 (0.581-3.158)	.482
	41-50	2.37 (1.071-5.258)	2.22 (0.512-9.667)	.079
	>50	0.71 (0.2-2.537)	1.01 (0.119-8.561)	.993
Marital status	Single	1	1
	Married	1.99 (1.319-3.011)	0.91 (0.467-1.764)	.775
BMI	Normal	1	1
	Underweight	0.55 (0.273-1.112)	0.42 (0.147-1.213)	.109
	Overweight	2.97 (1.496-5.902)	3.62 (1.150-11.39)*	.028
Work experience	1-5 years	1	1
	6-10 years	1.71 (0.955-2.456)	1.06 (0.434-2.609)	.893
	11-20 years	1.46 (0.709-2.443)	0.80 (0.216-2.98)	.743
Working hours per day	1-5 h	1	1
	6-10 h	6.31 (3.74-10.61)	3.14 (1.54-6.38)*	.002
	11-14 h	8.89 (2.72-29.10)	7.01 (1.09-15.16)*	.04
Medically diagnosed disease	No	1	1
	Yes	3.74 (1.42-9.82)	4.29 (0.99-18.68)	.052
Level of education	BSc	1	1
	MSC	1.68 (1.055-2.67)	0.21 (0.014-3.02)	.249
	PhD	1.1 (0.51-2.35)	0.05 (0.02-1.03)	.052
Monthly salary	<10 000	1	1
	10 000-13 000	1.85 (1.13-3.05)	5.51 (0.37-83.09)	.217
	>13 000	2.01 (1.14 -3.52)	4.40 (0.25-78.78)	.314
Doing physical activity (>150 min per week)	Yes	1	1
	No	2.57 (1.51-4.39)	3.49 (1.69-7.2)*	.001
A break between activities	Yes	1	1
	No	4.15 (1.92-9.01)	1.62 (0.59-4.4)	.343
Computer using hours per day	<5 h	1	1
	⩾5 h	2.09 (1.373-3.19)	1.81 (0.99-3.31)	.053
Having additional tasks	No	1	1
	Yes	3.01 (1.97-4.58)	1.71 (0.79-3.68)	.17
Usual working positions	Sitting upright	1	1
	Sitting with back support	0.50 (03-0.97)	0.68 (0.25-1.91)	.469
	Standing at the same place and walking around	0.84 (0.45-1.59)	0.84 (0.319-2.23)	.733
	Standing and bending forward	1.98 (0.51-7.71)	0.88 (0.13-6.09)	.901

Abbreviations: COR, Crude Odds Ratio; AOR, Adjusted Odds Ratio, *=Significant Association (on multivariate), 1 = Reference.