Central Sensitization and Perceived Indoor Climate among Workers with Chronic Upper-Limb Pain: Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
The relationship between average indoor climate complaints (dependent variable) and chronic pain (model 1) and pressure pain threshold (PPT) of tibialis anterior (model 2). We found no significant influence of job function, age, or smoking habits on indoor climate complaints for both models.
Dependent variable: number of indoor climate symptoms
Model 1
Model 2
LS mean
95% CI
value (-value)
LS mean
95% CI
value (-value)
Status
0.0163 (6.05)
Chronic pain
1.8
1.3–2.3
Pain-free
0.9
0.4–1.5
Job position
0.5567 (0.59)
0.9613 (0.04)
Meat cutter
1.3
0.9–1.7
1.4
1.0–1.8
Meat packer
1.1
0.4–1.7
1.4
0.7–2.0
Slaughterer
1.6
0.7–2.7
1.5
0.5–2.6
Smoking
0.9275 (0.01)
0.6404 (0.22)
Yes
1.3
0.7–2.0
1.5
0.9–2.2
No
1.4
0.9–1.8
1.4
0.9–1.8
PPT tibialis anterior
0.0190 (3.54)
Very low
2.4
1.6–3.1
Low
0.9
0.1–1.7
Moderate
1.2
0.5–1.9
High
1.3
0.7–2.0
Significantly associated to average indoor climate complaints ().
