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Published in final edited form as: Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2015 Aug;38(2):120–128. [Article in Spanish]

CUADRO 2.

Prevalencia (%) ajustada por edad e intervalo de confianza de 95% (IC 95%) de dolor musculoesquelético (DME) en el último mes en la población trabajadora de seis países de América Central en función del sexo, la ocupación y la cobertura de seguridad social. I Encuesta Centroamericana de Condiciones de Trabajo y Salud, 2011 (n = 12 024)

Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panamá
%
%
%
%
%
%
No. (IC 95%) No. (IC 95%) No. (IC 95%) No. (IC 95%) No. (IC 95%) No. (IC 95%)
DME cervical-dorsal
   Sexo
    Masculino 270 17,3 (15,3–19,4) 602 47,2 (44,1–50,0) 451 33,7 (31,0–36,2) 553 34,3 (31,8–42,1) 569 39,5 (36,8–42,1) 212 15,2 (13,2–17,2)
    Femenino 199 34,1 (33,0–38,0) 395 48,5 (45,0–52,0) 228 33,2 (29,7–36,6) 237 44,9 (40,4–49,4) 330 52,8 (48,8–56,8) 116 18,7 (15,6–21,9)
   Seguridad social
    Sí 319 25,7 (23,1–28,3) 212 47,4 (42,6–52,2) 58 24,2 (18,8–29,6) 59 37,7 (29,9–45,6) 186 43,2 (38,4–48,0) 167 16,1 (13,7–18,5)
    No 150 21,1 (17,8–24,3) 785 47,7 (45,2–50,1) 608 34,6 (32,7–37,2) 729 38,9 (36,3–41,4) 713 46,8 (44,0–49,5) 154 17,8 (15,2–20,5)
   Ocupación
    No manual 214 24,8 (21,9–27,8) 436 42,0 (38,9–45,1) 174 27,1 (23,6–30,4) 212 34,0 (30,0–37,9) 313 44,9 (41,1–48,7) 150 16,1 (13,7–18,5)
    Manual 255 23,2 (20,5–26,0) 561 54,0 (50,8–57,1) 505 37,6 (34,9–40,1) 578 43,7 (40,9–46,6) 586 46,8 (43,9–49,8) 177 16,9 (14,5–19,3)
   Sector económico
    Agrícola 94 21,2 (17,1–25,4) 215 55,5 (49,9–60,6) 340 38,9 (35,7–42,2) 352 40.7 (37,3–44,1) 368 45,6 (42,1–49,2) 56 17,9 (13,4–22,2)
    Industria 114 22,9 19,2–26,7) 270 54,8 (50,2–59,3) 134 37,7 (32,6–42,7) 174 48.1 (42,8–53,3) 146 46,2 (40,1–51,8) 89 19,1 (15,4–22,8)
    Servicios 261 25,1 (2,3–27,7) 512 42,9 (40,3–45,8) 205 27,2 (24,1–30,3) 264 35,9 (32,2–39,4) 385 45,9 (42,4–49,3) 183 15,5 (13,4–17,7)
DME lumbar
   Sexo
    Masculino 364 23,0 (21,2–26,0) 385 30,0 (27,2–32,2) 196 14,8 (13,0–17,0) 382 23,0 (21,4–26,0) 399 28,0 (25,2–30,1) 186 14,0 (12,0–16,0)
    Femenino 144 23,1 (19,6–26,5) 216 26,2 (23,7–29,4) 102 14,4 (11,7–17,3) 141 25,1 (21,2–28,9) 149 24,6 (21,1–28,1) 68 10,8 (8,3–13,4)
   Seguridad social
    Sí 305 21,8 (19,4–24,2) 106 24,4 (20,2–28,6) 32 13,3 (8,9–17,6) 39 21,6 (15,1–28,2) 112 23,9 (19,7–28,0) 113 10,3 (7,4–12,2)
    No 203 26,0 (23,2–29,2) 495 28,5 (26,5–30,5) 263 14,8 (13,2–16,3) 484 24,3 (22,2–26,4) 436 27,0 (24,6–29,5) 116 13,9 (11,5–16,4)
   Ocupación
    No manual 192 20,0 (17,7–23,1) 232 22,3 (19,7–24,9) 75 11,6 (9,1–14,1) 121 18,2 (15,1–21,3) 158 22,6 (19,4–25,9) 79 8,4 (6,5–10,2)
    Manual 316 27,1 (24,3–29,8) 369 34,6 (31,6–37,5) 222 16,5 (14,5–18,5) 402 30,3 (27,6–33,1) 390 29,8 (27,1–32,5) 175 17,7 (15,2–20,2)
   Sector económico
    Agrícola 138 30,7 (26,2–35,3) 146 35,9 (31,2–40,8) 146 16,4 (13,9–18,9) 226 25,3 (22,3–28,2) 254 31,1 (27,7–34,4) 50 17,3 (12,8–21,7)
    Industria 133 27,3 (23,2–31,4) 166 32,6 (28,4–36,7) 53 15,1 (11,3–18,8) 127 36,1 (30,7–41,3) 100 29,5 (24,3–34,6) 74 15,7 (12,3–19,1)
    Servicios 237 20,7 (18,3–23,1) 289 24,1 (21,6–26,7) 99 13,1 (10,7–15,5) 170 21,1 (18,1–24,1) 194 23,1 (20,1–26,1) 130 10,9 (9,1–12,8)
DME miembros superiores
   Sexo
    Masculino 241 15,2 (13,4–17,1) 599 47,3 (44,5–50,2) 333 27,4 (22,4–27,9) 563 34,1 (31,6–36,6) 594 40,9 (38,2–43,5) 197 13,8 (11,9–15,6)
    Femenino 157 26,1 (22,5–29,7) 357 43,6 (40,1–47,1) 174 25,3 (22,1–28,6) 218 40,4 (35,9–44,8) 230 37,4 (33,5–41,3) 80 13,1 (10,4–15,9)
   Seguridad social
    Sí 249 19,2 (17,0–21,6) 232 52,3 (47,5–57,2) 52 21,3 (16,1–26,4) 54 33,3 (25,7–40,1) 164 36,4 (31,7–41,1) 139 13,4 (11,2–15,6)
    No 149 20,2 (17,1–23,3) 724 43,9 (414,–46,4) 442 25,2 (23,1–27,2) 725 37,2 (34,7–39,7) 660 40,2 (37,5–42,8) 133 14,9 (12,4–17,3)
   Ocupación
    No manual 186 20,8 (18,1–23,6) 401 38,8 (35,7–41,8) 124 19,4 (16,4–22,5) 188 29,8 (26,1–33,6) 242 33,8 (30,2–37,4) 115 12,3 (10,0–14,4)
    Manual 212 18,2 (15,8–20,5) 555 53,4 (50,1–56,6) 383 28,3 (25,9–30,7) 593 43,6 (40,8–46,5) 582 44,5 (41,6–47,4) 161 14,5 (12,7–17,2)
   Sector económico
    Agrícola 77 16,5 (12,9–20,1) 199 51,7 (46,3–57,1) 261 29,9 (26,9–33,1) 377 43,6 (40,2–47,1) 371 44,8 (41,2–48,4) 59 18,1 (13,5–22,6)
    Industria 105 21,2 (17,5–24,8) 278 56,5 (51,9–61,1) 104 29,5 (24,8–34,2) 177 48,6 (43,3–53,9) 144 43,1 (37,5–48,6) 74 15,9 (12,5–19,5)
    Servicios 216 19,9 (17,5–22,4) 479 40,3 (37,4–43,1) 142 18,9 (16,1–21,7) 277 30,8 (27,3–34,3) 309 35,6 (32,3–38,9) 144 12,1 (10,1–13,9)
Total
   Sexo
    Masculino 571 37,3 (34,7–39,9) 804 63,7 (60,9–66,5) 677 51,2 (48,5–53,9) 878 55,1 (52,5–57,9) 881 61,6 (59,0–64,3) 447 28,3 (25,4–31,3)
    Femenino 301 5,6 (46,5–54,8) 511 62,6 (59,2–66,1) 355 51,0 (47,9–54,7) 333 63,4 (58,9–67,9) 418 67,6 (63,8–71,4) 204 32,6 (28,9–36,7)
   Ocupación
    No manual 377 42,4 (38,9–45,5) 574 55,5 (52,4–58,6) 278 42,6 (38,9–46,4) 330 51,8 (47,6–55,9) 436 61,9 (58,3–65,7) 267 28,4 (25,4–20,5)
    Manual 495 43,6 (49,5–46,7) 741 71,7 (68,7–74,6) 753 56,4 (53,8–59,1) 881 65,5 (62,9–68,2) 863 67,1 (64,4–69,9) 383 37,2 (34,2–40,3)
   Seguridad social
    Sí 556 42.9 (39,0–46,8) 289 65,7 (61,2–70,3) 104 43,3 (37,2–49,4) 94 56,8 (48,9–64,7) 271 61,2 (56,5–65,8) 315 29,9 (27,1–32,8)
    No 316 44,0 (59,8–66,4) 1 026 62,4 (60,0–64,9) 907 52,3 (49,9–54,7) 1 114 58,8 (56,2–61,4) 1 028 65,8 (63,3–68,4) 303 35,1 (31,8–38,4)
   Sector económico
    Agrícola 198 44,4 (39,9–48,9) 274 70,8 (65,7–76,0) 493 56,7 (53,4–60,0) 548 63,1 (59,8–66,5) 552 68,2 (64,8–71,6) 126 41,2 (35,3–47,1)
    Industria 217 42,1 (39,1–45,1) 355 72,4 (68,2–76,7) 200 56,1 (51,1–61,2) 250 67,3 (62,5–72,1) 216 65,1 (59,9–70,3) 172 36,5 (32,2–40,6)
    Servicios 457 42,1 (39,1–45,1) 686 57,6 (54,7–60,5) 339 44,4 (41,0–47,9) 413 54,5 (59,8–58,2) 531 62,7 (59,3–66,0) 353 29,6 (27,0–32,2)