From: Risk factors for musculoskeletal pain amongst nurses in Estonia: a cross-sectional study
Risk factors | Elbow pain | Wrist/hand pain | Knee pain | ||||||
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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) |