Table 2 General information and NSP characteristics between different work positions.

From: Prevalence of neck/shoulder pain among public hospital workers in China and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study

 

Clinicians

Nurses

Other healthcare technicians

Managers and supporting staff

Questionnaires collected

11,593

13,269

3443

2215

Failed to participate

1868

2085

539

347

Valid questionnaires

11,251

12,794

3349

2153

Age

36.3 ± 11.2

38.1 ± 9.5

37.2 ± 13.8

39.2 ± 15.1

Sex

 Male

4902 (43.6%)

821 (6.4%)

1896 (56.6%)

1176 (54.6%)

 Female

6349 (56.4%)

11,973 (93.6%)

1453 (43.4%)

977 (45.4%)

BMI

 < 18.5 (Underweight)

250 (2.2%)

932 (7.3%)

181 (5.4%)

174 (8.1%)

 18.5–23.9 (Normal weight)

7818 (69.5%)

7273 (56.8%)

2115 (63.2%)

1401 (65.1%)

 24.0–27.9 (Overweight)

1875 (16.7%)

2605 (20.4%)

620 (18.5%)

425 (19.7%)

 ≥ 28.0 (Obesity)

1308 (11.6%)

1984 (15.5%)

433 (12.9%)

153 (7.1%)

Educational level

 Lower than junior college

4382 (38.9%)

9836 (76.9%)

1404 (41.9%)

1138 (52.9%)

 Junior college

2668 (23.7%)

1033 (8.1%)

794 (23.7%)

411 (19.1%)

 Bachelor

2613 (23.2%)

1021 (8.0%)

728 (21.7%)

400 (18.6%)

 Master or above

1588 (14.1%)

904 (7.1%)

423 (12.6%)

204 (9.5%)

Smoking

 Never smoked

6794 (60.4%)

10,965 (85.7%)

1643 (49.1%)

1328 (61.7%)

 Ex-smoker

1149 (10.2%)

787 (6.2%)

442 (13.2%)

403 (18.7%)

 Current smoker

3308 (29.4%)

1042 (8.1%)

1264 (37.7%)

422 (19.6%)

Exercise in leisure time

 Never/almost never

1874 (16.7%)

3851 (30.1%)

871 (26.0%)

495 (23.0%)

 Sometimes

5864 (52.1%)

5643 (44.1%)

1557 (46.5%)

1044 (48.5%)

 Often

3513 (31.2%)

3300 (25.8%)

921 (27.5%)

614 (28.5%)

Work hours per week

 < 40

2873 (25.5%)

3729 (29.1%)

1323 (39.5%)

1125 (52.3%)

 40–45

4405 (39.2%)

4937 (38.6%)

1586 (47.4%)

886 (41.2%)

 > 45

3973 (35.3%)

4128 (32.3%)

440 (13.1%)

142 (6.6%)

Computer using time daily

 < 3 h

3042 (27.0%)

8355 (65.3%)

1145 (34.2%)

851 (39.5%)

 3–6 h

4638 (41.2%)

2984 (23.3%)

1226 (36.6%)

754 (35.0%)

 > 6 h

3571 (31.7%)

1455 (11.4%)

978 (29.2%)

548 (25.5%)

NSP lasting for at least

 24 h

8797 (78.2%, 77.4–79.0%)

8899 (69.6%, 68.8–70.4%)

1864 (55.7%, 54.0–57.3%)

1041 (48.4%, 46.2–50.5%)

 7 days

5307 (47.2%, 46.2–48.1%)

5135 (40.1%, 39.3–41.0%)

1110 (33.1%, 31.5–34.7%)

464 (21.6%, 19.8–23.3%)

 3 months

2144 (19.1%, 18.3–19.8%)

1923 (15.0%, 14.4–15.6%)

369 (11.0%, 10.0–12.1%)

188 (8.7%, 7.5–9.9%)

Absence due to NSP

1705 (15.2%, 14.5–15.8%)

1338 (10.5%, 9.9–11.0%)

226 (6.7%, 5.9–7.6%)

97 (4.5%, 3.6–5.4%)