Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Associated Factors Among Bankers in Ethiopia, 2018

Table 4

Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of associated factors with WMSDs among bankers working in Mekelle city, Tigray, Ethiopia, May 2018 (n = 307).

Variables	WMSDs		Bivariate	Multivariate
	No	Yes	Corollary (95% CI)	P-value	AOR (95% CI)	P-value
Age group
20–29	68 (33.8%)	133 (66.2%)	1	1
30–39	31 (34.1%)	60 (65.9%)	2.282 (0.738–7.056)	0.152	5.552 (1.465–21.039)	0.012
40 and above	7 (53.8%)	6 (46.2%)	2.258 (0.698–7.301)	0.174	5.719 (1.422–22.994)	0.014
Educational level
Diploma	7 (23.3%)	23 (76.7%)	2.3 (0.775–6.823)	0.133	4.256 (1.139–15.895)	0.031
Bachelor’s degree	85 (35%)	158 (65%)	1.301 (0.626–2.706)	.481	2.023 (0.804–5.089)	0.134
Master’s degree	14 (41.2%)	20 (58.8%)	1	1	1	1
Working experience
<5	91 (42.1%)	125 (57.9%)	1	1	1	1
5 and above	15 (16.5%)	76 (83.5%)	3.689 (1.992–6.830)	<0.001	3.892 (1.841–8.231)	<0.001
BMI
Underweight	16 (53.3%)	14 (46.7%)	1	1
Normal	82 (33.5%)	163 (66.5%)	0.292 (0.100–.854)	.025
Overweight	8 (25.0%)	24 (75.0%)	0.663 (0.285–1.539)	.339
Physical exercise
No	78 (29.8%)	184 (70.2%)	3.885 (2.012–7.504	<0.001	2.866 (1.303–6.304)	0.009
Yes	28 (62.2%)	17 (37.8%)	1	1	1
Job stress
No	86 (45.3%)	104 (54.7%)	1	1
Yes	20 (17.1%)	97 (82.9%)	4.011 (2.292–7.019)	<0.001	4.723 (2.421–9.213)	<0.001
Job satisfaction
No	42 (29.8)	99 (70.2)	1.479 (0.918–2.384)	0.108
Yes	64 (38.6)	102 (61.4)	1	1
Posture
Bad	74 (30.8%)	166 (69.2%)	2.051 (1.181–3.562)	0.011	2.692 (1.339–5.411)	0.005
Good	32 (47.8%)	35 (52.2%)	1	1
Break during working hours
No	78 (29.3%)	188 (70.7%)	5.191 (2.555–10.546)	<0.001	5.170 (2.070–12.912)	<0.001
Yes	28 (68.3%)	13 (31.7%)	1	1	1	1
Ergonomic training
No	90 (31.7%)	194 (68.3%)	4.927 (1.958–12.397)	0.001	3.801 (1.260–11.472)	0.018
Yes	16 (69.6%)	7 (30.4%)	1	1