Relationship between Hand Eczema Severity and Occupational Stress: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Association between severity HE and sociodemographic data, lifestyle habits, and medical and occupational data.

Variables	Severe HE		Nonsevere HE		p value	OR (95% CI)
	A ± SD		A ± SD
Age (years)	39.8 ± 9.5		40.4 ± 10.7		p = 0.74	0.99 (0.95–1.03)
Duration of the complaint (years)	7.03 ± 6.22		7 ± 5.38		0.22	1.01 (0.95–1.08)
Number of relapses	4.57 ± 2.27		3.64 ± 2.74		0.06	1.19 (0.98–1.44)
Days off	11.5 ± 24.6		12.7 ± 23		0.97	0.99 (0.98–1.01)
	N	%	N	%
Gender
Woman	38	50	20	60.6	0.30	1.53 (0.67–3.53)
Man	38	50	13	39.4
Civil status
Single	15	19.7	9	27.3	0.25	1
Married	60	78.9	22	66.6		3.33 (0.26–42.21)
Divorced	1	1.4	2	6.1		5.45 (0.47–63.18)
Children number
0	19	25	15	45.5	0.039	1
1	8	10.5	6	18.2		0.40 (0.14–1.15)
2	24	31.6	4	12.1		0.42 (0.11–1.60)
3 and more	25	32.9	8	24.2		1.92 (1.10–7.22)
Sports activity
No	70	92.1	28	84.8	0.41	0.48 (0.13–1.70)
Yes	6	7.9	5	15.2
Leisure activity
No	69	90.8	24	72.7	0.031	0.27 (0.09–0.80)
Yes	7	9.2	9	27.3
Smoking status
No smoking	46	60.5	26	78.8	0.14	1
Current smoking	23	30.3	6	18.2		0.25 (0.02–2.16)
Weaned smoking	7	9.2	1	3		0.54 (0.05–5.35)
Alcoholism
No	66	86.8	31	93.9	0.45	2.34 (0.48–11.36)
Yes	10	13.2	2	6.1
BMI
Normal	33	43.4	15	45.5	0.84	1.08 (0.47–2.47)
Overweight and obesity	43	56.6	18	54.5
Personal history of atopy
Yes	15	19.7	10	30.3	0.22	0.56 (0.22–1.43)
No	61	80.3	23	69.7
Clinical signs
Itching	67	88.2	31	93.9	0.65	1
Painful	5	6.6	1	3.1		0.54 (0.05–5.03)
Burning	4	5.3	1	3		1.25 (0.05–26.86)
Treatment intake
Absent	14	18.4	4	12.2	0.62	1
Occasional	42	55.3	18	54.5		1.92 (0.50–7.29)
Daily	20	26.3	11	33.3		1.28 (0.51–3.22)
Irritating products
Yes	44	57.9	15	18	0.23	1.65 (0.27–3.75)
No	32	42.1	45.5	54.5
Wet work
Yes	18	23.7	9	27.3	0.69	0.82 (0.32–2.09)
No	58	76.3	24	72.7
Frequent washing
Yes	31	40.8	17	51.5	0.30	0.64 (0. 28–1.47)
No	45	59.2	16	48.5
Hand protection
Yes	12	15.8	6	18.2	0.75	0.84 (0.82–2.48)
No	64	84.2	27	81.8
Occupational repercussions
Work resumption	69	90.8	29	87.9	0.89	1
Mutation	5	6.6	3	9.1		1.19 (0,10–13,64)
Other	2	2.6	1	3		0.83 (0.05–13.63)

A ± SD: average ± standard deviation.