Table 3 General and occupational characteristics of female subjects associated with the work-related musculoskeletal symptoms
Characteristics | Upper limb pain | p-value* | Lower limb pain | p-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No(%) | Yes(%) | No(%) | Yes(%) | |||
Total | 7972(67.0) | 3918(33.0) | 9111(76.6) | 2779(23.4) | ||
Age (years) | ||||||
20–29 | 1501(79.9) | 378(20.1) | < 0.001 | 1638(87.2) | 241(12.8) | < 0.001 |
30–39 | 2151(75.4) | 701(24.6) | 2428(85.1) | 424(14.9) | ||
40–49 | 2484(67.2) | 1213(32.8) | 2856(77.3) | 841(22.7) | ||
50–59 | 1320(55.3) | 1069(44.7) | 1603(67.1) | 786(32.9) | ||
≥ 60 | 516(48.1) | 557(51.9) | 586(54.6) | 487(45.4) | ||
Education | ||||||
Middle school graduate or below | 636(44.7) | 786(55.3) | < 0.001 | 750(52.7) | 672(47.3) | < 0.001 |
High school graduate | 3073(62.8) | 1821(37.2) | 3588(73.3) | 1306(26.7) | ||
College graduate or above | 4263(76.5) | 1311(23.5) | 4773(85.6) | 801(14.4) | ||
Monthly income (KRW) | ||||||
< 1,300,000 | 2422(60.9) | 1554(39.1) | < 0.001 | 2789(70.1) | 1187(29.9) | < 0.001 |
1,300,000-1,999,000 | 2859(66.8) | 1421(33.2) | 3249(75.9) | 1031(24.1) | ||
2,000,000-2,999,000 | 1856(73.7) | 664(26.3) | 2130(84.5) | 390(15.5) | ||
≥ 3,000,000 | 835(75.0) | 279(25.0) | 943(84.6) | 171(15.4) | ||
Occupation | ||||||
Managers or Professionals | 1016(75.0) | 338(25.0) | < 0.001 | 1123(82.9) | 231(17.1) | < 0.001 |
Office workers | 2471(79.0) | 655(21.0) | 2860(91.5) | 266(8.5) | ||
Technicians | 776(63.6) | 445(36.4) | 944(77.3) | 277(22.7) | ||
Service or Sales workers | 2908(64.5) | 1604(35.5) | 3194(70.8) | 1318(29.2) | ||
Manual workers | 801(47.8) | 876(52.2) | 990(59.0) | 687(41.0) | ||
Employment status | ||||||
Regular | 5743(68.7) | 2616(31.3) | < 0.001 | 6624(79.2) | 1735(20.8) | < 0.001 |
Temporary or Day labor | 2229(63.1) | 1302(36.9) | 2487(70.4) | 1044(29.6) | ||
Shift work | ||||||
No | 7444(67.5) | 3576(32.5) | < 0.001 | 8512(77.2) | 2508(22.8) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 528(60.7) | 342(39.3) | 599(68.9) | 271(31.1) | ||
Number of employees | ||||||
< 50 | 6330(66.1) | 3243(33.9) | < 0.001 | 7259(75.8) | 2314(24.2) | < 0.001 |
50–299 | 1281(70.1) | 546(29.9) | 1452(79.5) | 375(20.5) | ||
≥ 300 | 361(73.7) | 129(26.3) | 400(81.6) | 90(18.4) | ||
Working motion or posture | ||||||
Lifting or carrying people | ||||||
No | 4540(67.7) | 2164(32.3) | 0.054 | 5451(76.9) | 1550(23.1) | 0.192 |
Yes | 3432(66.2) | 1754(33.8) | 3957(76.3) | 1229(23.7) | ||
Carrying heavy loads | ||||||
No | 3076(76.8) | 929(23.2) | < 0.001 | 3440(85.9) | 565(14.1) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 4896(32.1) | 2989(37.9) | 819(79.1) | 2155(20.9) | ||
Standing continuously | ||||||
No | 1575(77.1) | 468(22.9) | < 0.001 | 1809(88.5) | 234(11.5) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 6397(65.0) | 3450(35.0) | 7302(74.2) | 2545(25.8) | ||
Repetitive movement | ||||||
No | 1370(82.1) | 299(17.9) | < 0.001 | 1467(87.9) | 202(12.1) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 6602(64.6) | 3619(35.4) | 7644(74.8) | 2577(25.2) | ||
Computer work | ||||||
No | 1962(53.5) | 1706(46.5) | < 0.001 | 2333(63.6) | 1335(36.4) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 6010(73.1) | 2212(26.9) | 6778(84.4) | 1444(17.6) | ||
Job stress | ||||||
Low | 2130(69.7) | 926(30.3) | 0.001 | 2393(78.3) | 663(21.7) | 0.039 |
High | 5773(66.2) | 2950(33.8) | 6634(76.1) | 2089(23.9) | ||
No response | 69(62.2) | 42(37.8) | 84(75.7) | 27(24.3) | ||
Social support | ||||||
High | 6650(67.6) | 3191(32.4) | 0.028 | 7643(77.7) | 2198(22.3) | < 0.001 |
Low | 842(64.5) | 463(35.5) | 931(71.3) | 374(28.7) | ||
No response | 480(64.5) | 264(35.5) | 537(72.2) | 207(27.8) | ||