Table 6.

Comparison of different risk factors over different sites of musculoskeletal pain using a chi-square test.

	Low back pain	Neck pain	Shoulder pain	Two different sites pain	Low back, neck, and shoulder pain	None	P-value
College
Medicine	28.8%	3.4%	1.7%	30.5%	11.9%	23.7%	.334
Dentistry	16.1%	3.2%	0.0%	54.8%	6.5%	19.4%
Age group (years)
25–35	35.7%	3.6%	0.0%	17.9%	14.3%	28.6%	.024∗
36–44	21.9%	0.0%	0.0%	62.5%	0.0%	15.6%
≥ 45	16.7%	6.7%	3.3%	33.3%	16.7%	23.3%
Years in the academic field
< 5	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	16.7%	.766
5–9	23.1%	5.1%	2.6%	35.9%	7.7%	25.6%
≤ 10	18.5%	3.7%	0.0%	48.1%	7.4%	22.2%
Marital status
Single	33.3%	11.1%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	22.2%	.649
Married	23.5%	2.5%	1.2%	39.5%	11.1%	22.2%
Number of children
0	31.3%	6.3%	0.0%	25.0%	6.3%	31.3%	.687
1	27.8%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	5.6%	16.7%
2	22.7%	9.1%	0.0%	27.3%	9.1%	31.8%
3	23.5%	0.0%	0.0%	47.1%	11.8%	17.6%
≥ 4	17.6%	0.0%	5.9%	47.1%	17.6%	11.8%
Smoking
Non-smoker	25.0%	2.5%	1.3%	36.3%	10.0%	25.0%	.357
Smoker	20.0%	10.0%	0.0%	60.0%	10.0%	0.0%
Exercise
No	24.4%	2.2%	2.2%	40.0%	11.1%	20.0%	.892
Yes	24.4%	4.4%	0.0%	37.8%	8.9%	24.4%
BMI∗ class
Normal	21.4%	7.1%	0.0%	57.1%	0.0%	14.3%	.49
Overweight	20.9%	4.7%	0.0%	32.6%	14.0%	27.9%
Obese	30.3%	0.0%	3.0%	39.4%	9.1%	18.2%
Sleeping hours
≤ 6 hours	21.1%	5.3%	0.0%	36.8%	15.8%	21.1%	.536
7–8 h	26.9%	1.9%	1.9%	40.4%	5.8%	23.1%
Positioning
Sitting	27.3%	3.0%	1.5%	37.9%	9.1%	21.2%	.898
Standing	16.7%	4.2%	0.0%	41.7%	12.5%	25.0%
Teaching hours
< 1 h	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	33.3%	.760
1–2 h	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%	22.2%	11.1%	22.2%
3–4 h	29.2%	0.0%	0.0%	41.7%	12.5%	16.7%
≥ 5 hours	16.0%	6.0%	2.0%	42.0%	10.0%	24.0%
Computer use hours
< 1 h	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	.931
1–2 h	23.8%	4.8%	0.0%	38.1%	9.5%	23.8%
3–4 h	18.9%	2.7%	2.7%	45.9%	10.8%	18.9%
≥ 5 h	31.0%	3.4%	0.0%	34.5%	10.3%	20.7%