The impact of work-related risk factors on the development of neck and upper limb pain among low wage hotel housekeepers in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia: institution-based cross-sectional study

Table 3 Bivariate and multivariable binary logistic regression analysis of factors associated with neck trouble among hotel housekeepers, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 422)

Variables	Neck pain		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Variables	No	Yes	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Sex
Male	26	8	1.00	1.00
Female	182	206	3.68 (1.62, 8.33)^*	2.1 (0.82, 5.42)
Age (years)
≤ 24	102	92	1.00	1.00
25–29	45	55	1.36 (0.84, 2.2)	1.32 (0.72, 2.43)
> 29	61	67	1.22 (0.78, 1.9)	0.9 (0.5, 1.59)
Educational status
Illiterate	84	71	1.00	1.00
Primary school	109	131	1.42 (0.95, 2.13)	1.19 (0.73, 1.96)
Secondary school and above	15	12	0.95 (0.42, 2.15)	0.76 (0.27, 2.12)
Specific Work experience in this work area
1–2 years	151	140	1.00	1.00
> 2 years	57	74	1.4 (0.93, 2.12)	1.06 (0.64, 1.77)
Body mass index (BMI)
Under weight	31	40	1.00	1.00
Normal weight	145	132	0.71 (0.42, 1.19)	1.14 (0.0.59,2.19)
Over weight and obese	32	42	1.02 (0.53, 1.96)	1.62 (0.71, 3.67)
Rest break taken per day (excluding lunch break)
< 30 min	37	70	1.00	1.00
30–45 min	104	121	0.62 (0.38, 0.99)*	0.71 (0.39, 1.26)
> 45 min	67	23	0.18 (0.1, 0.337)**	0.29 (0.13, 0.63)^*
The job requires repetitive work
No	146	56	1.00	1.00
Yes	62	158	6.6 (4.34, 10.17)**	1.98 (1.01, 3.87)^*
The job requires reaching/overstretching
No	149	52	1.00	1.00
Yes	59	162	7.87 (5.1, 12.15)**	3.72 (1.81, 7.66)^**
The job requires bending
No	135	69	1.00	1.00
Yes	73	145	3.89 (2.59, 5.82)**	0.64 (0.31, 1.29)
Satisfaction
No	82	166	1.00	1.00
Yes	126	48	0.19 (0.12, 0.29)**	0.46 (0.27, 0.77)^*
Training
No	140	183	1.00	1.00
Yes	68	31	0.35 (0.22, 0.56)**	0.57 (0.31, 1.04)
Manager concern for health and safety
Disagree/strongly disagree	154	153	1.00	1.00
Neutral	36	57	1.59 (0.99, 2.56)	0.82 (0.45, 1.50)
Agree/strongly agree	18	4	0.22 (0.07, 0.68)*	0.31 (0.08, 1.17)

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