Table 5.
Demographic data for participants without neck pain and participants with neck pain occurrence during the 5-day follow-up
| Without neck pain during the follow-up (n = 32) (mean ± sd) |
With at least one neck pain episode during the follow-up (n = 77) (mean ± sd) |
Chi-square (p-value) |
T-test or Wilcoxon (p-value) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline variables | ||||
| Gender (M: F: O) | 14: 18: 0 | 25: 51: 1 | 0.455 | – |
| Height (m) | 1.69 ± 0.09 | 1.68 ± 0.09 | – | 0.622† |
| Weight (kg) | 71.92 ± 12.41 | 70.86 ± 16.43 | – | 0.316† |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.10 ± 3.45 | 24.91 ± 4.66 | – | 0.220† |
| Age (years) | 41.06 ± 12.49 | 35.56 ± 10.99 | – | 0.005† |
| HIT-6 (/78) | 45.19 ± 8.26 | 49.30 ± 9.56 | – | 0.003† |
| NBQ (/70) | 5.53 ± 6.02 | 15.68 ± 12.11 | – | < 0.001† |
| Baseline headache intensity | 1.59 ± 2.08 | 2.47 ± 2.24 | – | 0.012† |
| Baseline neck pain intensity | 0.66 ± 1.31 | 2.99 ± 2.49 | – | < 0.001† |
| Baseline headache frequency | 0.97 ± 1.51 | 1.88 ± 1.78 | – | 0.005† |
| Baseline neck pain frequency | 0.53 ± 1.37 | 3.22 ± 2.49 | – | < 0.001† |
|
Home workstation Yes (%) / No (%) |
21.88 / 78.12 | 31.17 / 68.83 | 0.327 | – |
|
Baseline headset wearing Yes (%) / No (%) |
56.25 / 43.75 | 66.23 / 33.77 | 0.325 | – |
| Follow-up variables | ||||
|
Follow-up headset wearing Yes (%) / No (%) |
50.00 / 50.00 | 63.64 / 36.36 | 0.186 | – |
| Follow-up telecommuting hours | 5.39 ± 2.24 | 5.35 ± 1.85 | – | 0.921* |
| Follow-up headset wearing hours | 1.43 ± 2.38 | 1.35 ± 1.98 | – | 0.401† |
M = male, F = female, O = other gender (not identifying as either male of female), BMI = body mass index, HIT-6 = 6-item headache impact test, NBQ = Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire, sd = standard deviation, * = t-test, † = Wilcoxon test