Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among Egyptian physical therapists

Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy

Table 5 Distribution of WRMDs by socio-demographic variables

Variable (No.)		Lower back			Upper back			Neck			Shoulder			Wrist/hand
Variable (No.)		No. (n = 265)	%	p	No. (n = 142)	%	p	No. (n = 252)	%	p	No. (n = 183)	%	p	No. (n = 150)	%	p
Gender	Female (207)	133	50.2	0.036*	82	57.7	0.321	149	59.1	0.004*	116	63.3	0.000*	90	60.0	0.05*
Gender	Male (178)	132	49.8	0.036*	60	42.2	0.321	103	40.8	0.004*	67	36.6	0.000*	60	40.0	0.05*
Experience (in years)	1–5 (175)	123	46.4	0.828	69	48.5	0.101	109	43.2	0.658	86	46.9	0.263	65	43.3	0.926
	6–10 (115)	81	30.5		49	34.5		79	31.3		5	2.7		47	31.3
	11–15 (59)	38	14.3		15	10.6		41	16.2		21	11.4		24	16.0
	16–20 (26)	17	4.6		7	4.9		16	6.3		13	7.1		10	6.6
	> 20 (10)	6	2.2		2	1.4		7	2.7		6	3.2		4	2.6
Education degree	BSc (235)	165	62.2	0.696	94	66.1	0.049*	144	57.1	0.019*	112	61.2	0.758	88	58.6	0.264
	MSc (73)	51	19.2		21	14.7		59	23.4		34	18.5		26	17.3
	PhD (64)	40	15.0		19	13.3		42	16.6		29	15.8		28	18.6
	Diploma (13)	9	3.3		8	5.6		7	2.7		8	4.3		8	5.3
Specialty	General (235)	169	63.7	0.060	91	64.0	0.145	151	59.9	0.788	114	62.2	0.142	96	64.0	0.626
	Orthopedic (85)	50	18.8		35	24.6		59	23.4		46	25.1		29	19.3
	Neurology (15)	13	4.9		3	2.1		10	3.9		5	2.7		7	4.6
	Pediatrics (50)	33	12.4		13	9.1		32	12.6		18	9.8		18	12.0
Working facility	Public (139)	86	32.4	0.086	45	31.6	0.020*	99	39.2	0.002*	60	32.7	0.284	52	34.6	0.846
	Private (91)	66	24.9		27	19.0		46	18.2		42	22.9		35	23.3
	Both (155)	113	42.6		70	49.2		107	42.4		81	44.2		63	42.0