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. 2021 Nov 4;11:24. doi: 10.1186/s40945-021-00119-w

Table 2.

General description and shoulder pain estimates stratified by age of the 21 included studies, grouped by occupation type and ranked by methodological quality

1st Author
Year [Reference]		 Quality score (/7) Country of study Type of occupation (n) Collection Mode Definition of shoulder pain Duration of recall Age groups (n) Prevalence (%), Incidence or OR Direction of estimatesb
Physically active occupations

Kim

2015 [31]

 7 South Korea Cameramen (166) Nordic styled questionnaire Pain for at least one day a month, or for at least seven consecutive days in the past year. 12 months

30–39 (35)

40–49 (66)

≥50 (65)

8.6

13.6

18.5

*p > 0.05

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Freimann

2013 [30]

 7 Estonia Nurses (221) Self-administered CUPID questionnaire Shoulder pain (body diagram) lasting longer than a day a during the past year and past month. 12 months

23–29

30–39

40–49

50–59

§

OR:

1

3.2 (0.9–11.9)

5.1 (1.3–19.6)

6.2 (1.4–26.9)

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Armed Forces

2013 [29]

 7 U.S.A Military (NR) Hospital and outpatient medical records Several ICD-9 codes for acute and chronic shoulder conditions. 10 year Incidencea

< 20

20–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

≥50

§

Acute:

13.5

13.7

13.8

12.9

13.6

14.7

15.9

15.8

Chronic:

15.8

19.2

25.2

29.5

41.6

54.7

65.3

71.0

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Moon

2019 [38]

 6 South Korea Food service workers (1581) KOSHA self-administered questionnaire, history taking by occupational physicians, and physical Rotator-Cuff Syndrome 12 months

< 50 (591)

≥50 (990)

¥

6.6

10.3

*p > 0.05

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Sombatsawat

2019 [39]

 5 Thailand Farm workers (156) Clinician administered Nordic Questionnaire Trouble^ in region of body diagram. 6 months

18–50 (93)

51–65 (63)

OR

1

1.49 (0.61–3.67)

p = 0.38

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Sekkay

2018 [37]

 6 Canada Truck drivers (123) ESQ98 (Modified Nordic) Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. 12 months

< 50 (54)

≥50 (66)

13

24.2

*p > 0.05

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Dianat

2017 [36]

 6 Iran Surgeons (312) Nordic Questionnaire Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. 12 months

< 40 (102)

40–50 (106)

> 50 (104)

34.3

39.6

46.2

*p > 0.05

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Alrowayeh

2010 [28]

 6 State of Kuwait Physical therapists (222) Self-administered Nordic Questionnaire Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. 12 months

20–30 (45)

31–40 (112)

41–50 (27)

≥50 (28)

4.2

7.0

0.9

0.9

p = 0.85

 =

Guo

2004 [14]

 6 Taiwan Retail industry (18,942) Questionnaire Body diagram 12 months

< 18

18–24

25–34

35–44

45–54

55–64

> 64

§

♂ 9.5♀ 12.5

♂ 10.5♀ 11.0

♂ 12.5♀ 15.0

♂ 15.0♀ 16.0

♂ 18.0♀ 17.5

♂ 22.0♀ 19.0

♂ 17.0♀ 17.5

†

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Eriksen

2003 [22]

 6 Norway Nurse’s aides (6485) Modified Nordic Questionnaire Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. 2 weeks

< 30 (504)

30–39 (1318)

40–49 (2612)

50–59 (1763)

> 59 (283)

39.7

45.1

47.7

49.6

47.0

*p < 0.05

 =

D’Agostin

2017 [35]

 5 Italy Nurses (177) Modified Nordic Questionnaire Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. 12 months

> 34 (45)

35–54 (110)

> 55 (22)

31.1

37.1

45.5

*p > 0.05

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Luime

2004 [24]

 5 The Netherlands Nursing home/ elderly care workers (556) Nordic Questionnaire Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. 12 months

< 30 (94)

30–39 (154)

40–49 (192)

50–65 (116)

OR:

1

0.95 (0.47–1.93)

1.72 (0.89–3.29)

1.14 (0.51–2.52)

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Leclerc

2004 [23]

 5 France Assembly line, clothing, food industry (598) Questionnaire Body diagram 6 months

≤29 (117)

30–39 (225)

40–49 (203)

≥50 (53)

♂ 34♀ 31

♂ 32 ♀ 49

♂ 46 ♀ 51

♂ 60♀ 65

†

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Backman

1983 [13]

 4 Finland Professional Drivers (1156) Questionnaire Self-reported 1 month

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

§

65.0

63.0

68.0

72.0

78.0

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Min

2016 [33]

 4 South Korea Farmers (1013) KOSHA self-administered questionnaire Pain (body diagram) for at least one day a month, or for at least seven consecutive days in the past year. 12 months

< 65 (798)

≥65 (215)

43.6

40.5

p = 0.41

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Haukka et al.

2006 [25]

 4 Finland Kitchen workers (495) Self-administered questionnaire Body diagram 3 months

≤40 (148)

41–50 (185)

≥50 (162)

22 (15.3–28.7)

34 (27.2–40.8)

44 (36.3–51.6)

p < 0.005

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Ueno

1999 [21]

 4 Japan Construction workers (2289) Questionnaire Self-reported Point

20–24 (107)

25–29 (197)

30–34 (207)

35–39 (236)

40–44 (337)

45–49 (372)

50–54 (295)

55–59 (247)

60–64 (215)

65–69 (76)

11.0

18.0

22.0

24.0

27.0

37.0

40.0

33.0

32.0

29.0

†

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Stucchi

2016 [34]

 3 Italy Retail sector (3359) Interview Shoulder region diagnoses (rotator cuff/bicep tendinopathy and subacromial bursitis). 12 months

15–24 (89)

25–34 (623)

35–44 (1372)

45–54 (1061)

55–64 (214)

OR:

0 cases

1

1.85 (1.19–2.86)

3.13 (2.04–4.82)

6.35 (3.87–10.42)

p < 0.01

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Sedentary occupations

Kalinene

2016 [32]

 7 Lithuania Computer workers (513) Nordic Questionnaire Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. 12 months

23–29 (55)

30–39 (91)

40–49 (149)

50–70 (218)

34.5

46.2

50.3

56.4

*p < 0.05

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Janwantanakul

2008 [27]

 6 Thailand Office workers (1185) Self-administered Modified Nordic Questionnaire Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. 12 months

> 30 (346)

30–39 (494)

40–49 (262)

> 49 (83)

16.0

14.0

19.0

14.0

*p > 0.05

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D’Agostin

2017 [35]

 5 Italy University staff -computer use (185) Modified Nordic Questionnaire Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. 12 months

> 34 (63)

35–54 (96)

> 55 (26)

22.2

30.2

19.2

*p > 0.05

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Leroyer

2006 [26]

 2 France Administration (759) Clinician-administered questionnaire Self-reported 1 week

≤30 (146)

31–40 (249)

41–50 (271)

≥51 (93)

13.7

15.7

25.8

26.9

p < 0.01

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OR odds ratio, NR not reported

^Trouble includes ache, pain, discomfort, or numbness

aIncidence rates per 1000 person-years

bDirection estimates are comparing those < 50 and those ≥50

§Study does not provide (n) per group

¥Study only included female workers

*p-value only reported > or < 0.05

†p-value not reported