Table 4.
Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of associated factors with WMSDs among health care providers working in operation room at UOGCSH and TGCSH, northwest Amhara, Ethiopia, July 2021 (N = 394).
| Variables | WRMSD |
Bivariate |
Multivariate (95%) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (%) | No (%) | COR (95%) | AOR (95%CI) | P value | |
| Professions | |||||
| Anesthetists | 50(69.4) | 22(30) | 0.87(0.44,1.71) | 0.93(0.41,2.09) | 0.86 |
| Surgeons/residents | 133(58.8) | 93(41.2) | 0.52(0.31,0.88) | 1.16(0.46,2.89) | 0.74 |
| Nurses | 70(72.9) | 26(27.1) | 1 | 1 | 0.87 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 198(64.3) | 110(35.7) | 1 | 1 | |
| Female | 55(64) | 31(36.0) | 0.98(0.59,1.62) | 1.704(0.926,3.136) | 0.08 |
| Educational status | |||||
| Diploma | 10(4) | 3(2.1) | 2.674 (0.71, 10.01) | 5.27(1.12,24.68) | 0.03* |
| Degree | 121(73.3) | 44(26.7) | 2.17(1.34,3.50) | 2.65(1.11,6.28) | 0.02* |
| Postgraduate | 20(64.5) | 11(35.5) | 1.46(0.65,3.25) | 1.28(0.44,3.70) | 0.63 |
| Residents | 26(60.5) | 17(39.5) | 1.22(0.61,2.44) | 1.11(0.52,2.39) | 0.77 |
| Specialists | 86(55.5) | 69(44.5) | 1 | 1 | 0.16 |
| Previous history of MSD | 6.58(1.91,22.70) | 0.003** | |||
| Yes | 33(91.7) | 3(8.3) | 0.145(0.44,0.48) | ||
| No | 220(61.5) | 138(38.5) | 1 | ||
| Break between procedure | |||||
| Yes | 94(64.8) | 51(35.2) | 1 | ||
| No | 159(63.9) | 90(36.1) | 0.76(0.53,1.08) | 1.13(0.71,1.80) | 0.56 |
| Assistance during procedure | 0.04* | ||||
| Yes | 181(62.6) | 108(37.4) | 1 | 1 | |
| No | 72(68.6) | 33(31.4) | 1.22(0.61,2.44) | 1.71(1.028,2.85) | |
| Night shift Yes No |
134(72.4) 119(56.9) |
51(27.6) 90(43.1) |
1.95(1.27,2.98) 1 |
1.72(1.08,2.74) 1 |
0.02* |
| Overtime Yes No |
12(80) 170(65.8) |
3(20) 91(34.2) |
0.77(0.54,1.12) 1 |
1.74(1.05,2.86) 1 |
0.03* |
| Good OR furnishing Yes No |
42(16.6%)16(11.3%) | 211(83.4%) 125(88.3) |
1 0.64(0.34,1.19) |
0.74(0.37,1.45) | 0.38 |
| Duration of surgical procedure <3hrs >3hrs |
221(87.4) 132(93.6) |
32(12.6) 9(64) |
1 2.12(0.98,4.58) |
2.35(1.01,5.42) | 0.45 |
| Monthly income (ETB) <5000 5000–10000 >10000 |
12(4.7%) 128(50.6%) 113(44.9%) |
8(5.7%)) 57(40.4) 76(53.9%) |
1.01(0.39,2.58) 1.51(0.98,2.31) 1 |
2.40(0.75,7.61) 2.98(0.84,10.55) |
0.13 0.90 0.23 |
OR=Odd ratio, C I=Confidence interval, COR=Crude odd ratio, AOR = Adjusted odd ratio, OR = operation room, ETB = Ethiopian birr * Significantly + associated (p value < 0.05) with WRMSD, **(p value < 0.001),1: reference.