Table 4 Factors Influencing Self-Reported Workplace Musculoskeletal Problems in the 7 day Recall Period
From: Workplace musculoskeletal problems in occupational therapy students
Explanatory Variables | Workplace Musculoskeletal Problems In 7 days | Unadjusted Results | Adjusted Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Categorical Variables | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | P-value | OR | (95% CI) | P-value | OR | (95% CI) |
Gender | Â | Â | 0.076 | Â | Â | 0.034 | Â | Â |
 Male a | 2 (6) | 34 (94) |  | 1.000 |  |  | 1.000 |  |
 Female | 32 (18) | 143 (82) |  | 3.804 | [0.869, 16.656] |  | 5.249 | [1.136, 24.258] |
Previous Musculoskeletal Problem/s | Â | Â | 0.001 | Â | Â | 0.006 | Â | Â |
 No a | 12 (9) | 117 (91) |  | 1.000 |  |  | 1.000 |  |
 Yes | 22 (82) | 60 (73) |  | 3.575 | [1.657, 7.715] |  | 3.130 | [1.391, 7.040] |
Joint Mobility | Â | Â | 0.001 | Â | Â | 0.002 | Â | Â |
 Within Normal Limitsa | 16 (11) | 134 (89) |  | 1.000 |  |  | 1.000 |  |
 Abnormal Limits | 18 (30) | 43 (70) |  | 3.506 | [1.646, 7.466] |  | 3.815 | [1.655, 8.796] |
Overall Working Posture |  |  | 0.214 |  |  | – |  |  |
 Poor a | 9 (12) | 66 (88) |  | 1.000 |  |  | – | – |
 Good | 25 (19) | 109 (81) |  | 1.682 | [0.740, 3.822] |  | – | – |
Stage of Study |  |  | 0.676 |  |  | – |  |  |
 Early a | 15 (15) | 85 (85) |  | 1.000 |  |  | – | – |
 Late | 19 (17) | 92 (83) |  | 1.170 | [0.559, 2.449] |  | – | – |
Participates in Exercises during Work-Based Training |  |  | 0.341 |  |  | – |  |  |
 No a | 21 (14) | 124 (86) |  | 1.000 |  |  | – | – |
 Yes | 13 (20) | 53 (80) |  | 1.448 | [0.675, 3.106] |  | – | – |
Patient Caseload | Â | Â | 0.092 | Â | Â | 0.044 | Â | Â |
 Physical a | 27 (15) | 159 (85) |  | 1.000 |  |  | 1.000 |  |
 Psychosocial | 7 (28) | 18 (72) |  | 2.290 | [0.874, 6.003] |  | 3.039 | [1.030, 8.973] |
Works with Patients Outside of Study |  |  | 0.976 |  |  | – |  |  |
 No a | 22 (16) | 115 (84) |  | 1.000 |  |  | – | – |
 Yes | 12 (16) | 62 (84) |  | 1.012 | [0.469, 2.181] |  | – | – |
Continuous Variables | Mean (SD) | Â | ||||||
Number of Patients Treated During Work-Based Training | 37.4 (64.3) | 0.755 | 0.999 | [0.993, 1.005] | – | – | – | |
Hours of Work-Based Training | 261.9 (222.6) | 0.135 | 1.001 | [1.000, 1.003] | – | – | – | |
Age | 23.6 (6.1) | 0.539 | 1.018 | [0.962, 1.077] | – | – | – | |
BMI | 23.8 (4.1) | 0.930 | 0.996 | [0.909, 1.092] | – | – | – | |