Central Sensitization and Perceived Indoor Climate among Workers with Chronic Upper-Limb Pain: Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Prevalence of indoor climate complaints among slaughterhouse workers with chronic pain and pain-free controls.

	Chronic pain ()	Control ()
	Prevalence (%)	Prevalence (%)
Draught	40	6
Room temperature too high	2	3
Varying room temperature	4	3
Room temperature too low	24	15
Stuffy “bad” air	0	3
Dry air	6	6
Unpleasant odour	9	3
Static electricity	0	3
Passive smoking	4	0
Noise	58	33
Lightning problems	6	0
Reflections	6	6
Dust and dirt	9	9
Average complaints (mean; 95% CI)	1.8 (1.3–2.3)	0.9 (0.4–1.5)

Significantly different from the pain-free control group ().