Occupational and Personal Determinants of Musculoskeletal Disorders among Urban Taxi Drivers in Ghana

Table 3

Occupational factors associated with MSDs among the participants ().

Parameter	OR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)
Type of taxi driver
Owner	1	1
Employee	2.7 (2.0–4.2)**	2.4 (1.9–3.6)*
Number of years of driving
<6	0.4 (0.1–2.7)	—
6–10	1	—
>10	0.7 (0.2–2.1)	—
Driving time per day (hours)
<10	0.5 (0.1–1.9)	0.3 (0.1–1.2)
10–12	1	1
>12	2.6 (1.8–3.5)**	1.7 (1.1–2.2)*
Driving time per week (days)
<5	1	1
5–7	2.9 (2.1–7.6)***	2.1 (1.5–4.1)***
Perceived job stress
None	1	1
Moderate to severe	2.7 (1.8–3.9)**	2.3 (1.5–3.0)**
Sleeping breaks in car
No	1	—
Yes	2.4 (1.8–11.9)	—
Job satisfaction
Satisfied	1	1
Dissatisfied	2.3 (1.6–4.0)*	2.0 (1.3–3.6)*
Load handling and lifting at work
No	1	1
Yes	2.4 (1.4–5.7)	—

OR: odds ratio; aOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; ; ; .