Table 4: WRMSDs' risk factors and patients' working sectors.
Variables |
Patients without WRMSD (n = 318) |
Patients with WRMSD (n = 78) |
p-value |
Sector Cement, ceramic (n = 230) Metal-metallurgy (n = 40) Mines (n = 26) Petrochemistry (n = 20) Construction (n = 15) Agriculture and Farming (n = 6) Others (n = 59) |
204 (%88.7) 24 (%60) 23 (%88.5) 12 (%60) 13 (%86.7) 4 (%66.7) 38 (%64.4) |
26 (%11.3) 16 (%40) 3 (%11.5) 8 (%40) 2 (%13.3) 2 (%33.3) 21 (%35.6) |
< 0.001 |
Shift work No (n = 237) Yes (n = 159) |
189 (%80) 129 (%81.2) |
48 (%20) 30 (%18.8) |
0.70 |
Having psychosocial risk factor No (n = 107) Yes (n = 289) |
97 (%91) 221 (%76.5) |
10 (%9) 68 (%23.5) |
0.002 |