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Table 3 Associations with elbow, wrist/hand and knee pain in past year

From: Risk factors for musculoskeletal pain amongst nurses in Estonia: a cross-sectional study

Risk factors

Elbow pain

Wrist/hand pain

Knee pain

n

aOR (95% CI)

bOR (95% CI)

n

aOR (95% CI)

bOR (95% CI)

n

aOR (95% CI)

bOR (95% CI)

Age (years)

         

 23–29

3

1

1

18

1

1

13

1

1

 30–39

6

1.3 (0.3-5.6)

1.4 (0.3-6.5)

19

0.6 (0.3-1.3)

0.6 (0.2-1.4)

19

0.9 (0.4-2.1)

1.1 (0.4-2.7)

 40–49

7

2.5 (0.6-10.2)

2.4 (0.5-10.6)

9

0.4 (0.2-1.0)

0.3 (0.1-0.9)

22

2.1 (0.9-4.9)

2.1 (0.8-5.3)

 50–59

9

4.6(1.2-18.5)

5.0 (1.1-22.1)

14

1.0 (0.4-2.3)

1.4 (0.5-3.9)

18

2.4 (1.0-5.8)

2.0 (0.7-5.7)

Self-rated health

         

 Good

10

1

1

29

1

1

34

1

1

 Poor

15

1.9 (0.8-4.7)

2.1 (0.7-6.2)

31

1.9 (1.0-3.6)

1.5 (0.7-3.2)

38

1.8 (1.0-3.3)

2.0 (1.0-4.4)

Number of distressing somatic symptoms

       

 0

12

1

1

30

1

1

35

1

1

 1

7

1.4 (0.5-3.9)

1.3 (0.4-4.2)

15

1.3 (0.6-2.8)

1.2 (0.5-2.7)

20

1.7 (0.8-3.5)

2.0 (0.9-4.4)

 ≥2

6

1.5 (0.5-4.4)

0.8 (0.2-3.0)

15

1.8 (0.8-3.8)

1.7 (0.6-4.4)

17

1.7 (0.8-3.5)

1.8 (0.7-4.4)

Mood

         

 Good

2

1

1

12

1

1

13

1

1

 Intermediate

19

1.8 (0.4-8.5)

1.2 (0.2-6.5)

38

0.5 (0.2-1.2)

0.4 (0.1-1.0)

52

0.7 (0.3-1.6)

0.5 (0.2-1.2)

 Poor

4

2.7 (0.4-16.4)

1.3 (0.2-9.9)

10

0.9 (0.3-2.7)

0.6 (0.2-2.2)

7

0.5 (0.2-1.7)

0.3 (0.1-1.0)

Emotional exhaustion

         

 Low

2

1

1

4

1

1

9

1

1

 Medium

18

2.3 (0.5-10.7)

1.5 (0.3-7.9)

42

2.9 (0.9-9.0)

3.7 (1.1-12.3)

48

1.3 (0.5-3.1)

1.3 (0.5-3.3)

 High

5

2.6 (0.4-14.8)

1.8 (0.2-15.6)

13

5.1 (1.4-18.6)

8.2 (1.6-41.6)

11

1.2 (0.4-3.6)

1.5 (0.4-6.0)

Depersonalisation

         

 Low

2

1

1

5

1

1

7

1

1

 Medium

19

1.3 (0.3-6.3)

1.1 (0.2-6.8)

44

1.4 (0.5-4.3)

1.3 (0.4-4.4)

50

0.9 (0.3-2.4)

0.9 (0.3-2.9)

 High

4

1.0 (0.2-6.6)

0.7 (0.1-6.5)

8

1.0 (0.3-3.7)

0.5 (0.1-2.3)

12

0.8 (0.2-2.6)

0.6 (0.2-2.7)

Stressful occupational physical activity

       

 No

5

1

1

11

1

1

61

 

1

 Yes

20

2.1 (0.7-6.0)

1.5 (0.5-4.8)

49

1.5 (0.7-3.2)

1.0 (0.4-2.3)

11

0.7 (0.3-1.5)

0.7 (0.3-1.6)

Time pressures at work

         

 Low

2

1

1

15

1

1

26

1

1

 High

23

5.6 (1.2-24.7)

5.3 (1.1-26.5)

45

1.3 (0.7-2.6)

1.0 (0.5-2.2)

87

1.1 (0.6-2.2)

1.3 (0.6-2.7)

  1. aAdjusted for age (age is presented without any adjustment).
  2. bAdjusted for all risk factors in the table.