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 4 Bivariate and multivariable binary logistic regression analysis of factors associated with upper limbs pain among hotel housekeepers, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 422)

Variables	Upper limb pain		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Variables	No	Yes	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Sex
Male	25	9	1.00	1.00
Female	146	242	4.6 (2.09, 10.14)**	2.64 (0.98, 7.09)
Age (years)
≤ 24	96	98	1.00	1.00
25–29	30	70	2.29 (1.37, 3.81)*	3.39 (1.63, 7.07)*
> 29	45	83	1.8 (1.14, 2.86)*	1.56 (0.81, 2.99)
Educational status
Illiterate	72	83	1.00	1.00
Primary school	88	152	1.49 (0.99, 2.26)	1.15 (0.66, 2.02)
Secondary school and above	11	16	1.26 (0.55, 2.89)	0.97 (0.31, 3.11)
Specific work experience in this work area
1–2 years	122	169	1.00	1.00
> 2 years	49	82	1.2 (0.79, 1.84)	0.78 (0.43, 1.41)
Body mass index (BMI)
Under weight	26	45	1.00	1.00
Normal weight	118	159	0.78 (0.45, 1.33)	1.89 (0.0.88,4.08)
Over weight and obese	27	47	1.01 (0.51, 1.98)	1.99 (0.76, 5.20)
Rest break taken per day (excluding lunch break)
< 30 min	31	76	1.00	1.00
30–45 min	89	136	0.62 (0.38, 1.02)	0.61 (0.31, 1.23)
> 45 min	51	39	0.31 (0.17, 0.56)**	0.47 (0.2, 1.14)
The job requires repetitive work
No	138	64	1.00	1.00
Yes	33	187	12.22 (7.6, 19.6)**	6.44 (2.99, 13.84)**
The job requires reaching/overstretching
No	134	67	1.00	1.00
Yes	37	184	9.9 (6.28, 15.74)**	3.33 (1.48, 7.51)*
The job requires bending
No	117	87	1.00	1.00
Yes	54	164	4.08 (2.7, 6.18)**	0.45 (0.19, 1.05)
Satisfaction
No	50	198	1.00	1.00
Yes	121	53	0.11 (0.07, 0.17)**	0.22 (0.13, 0.38)**
Training
No	119	204	1.00	1.00
Yes	52	47	0.53 (0.34, 0.83)*	0.78 (0.41, 1.50)
Manager concern for health and safety
Disagree/strongly disagree	117	190	1.00	1.00
Neutral	36	57	0.98 (0.61, 1.57)	0.35 (0.17, 0.72)*
Agree/strongly agree	18	4	0.14 (0.05, 0.41)**	0.11 (0.02, 0.60)*

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