Environmental and Organizational Factors Associated with Elbow/Forearm and Hand/Wrist Disorder among Sewing Machine Operators of Garment Industry in Ethiopia

Table 2

Personal factors associated with elbow and wrist MS disorder among sewing machine operators in garment industries in Galan City, Oromia Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia, 2012.

Category of variable	Frequency ()	(%)
BMI (body mass index)
Underweight (<18.5 kg/m^2)	76	(18.0)
Healthy (18.5–24.9 kg/m^2)	325	(77.0)
Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m^2)	17	(4.1)
Obese (≥30 kg/m^2)	4	(0.9)
Habit of doing physical activities
None	354	(83.9)
Once per week	29	(6.9)
Two times per week	13	(3.1)
≥Three times per week	26	(6.2)
Smoking behaviour
Nonsmoker	395	(93.6)
Past smoker	14	(3.3)
Current smoker	13	(3.1)
Medical history of MS disorders
Yes	65	(15.4)
No	357	(84.6)
Medical history of systemic illness
Yes	43	(10.2)
No	379	(89.8)