Table 4 Risk factors for MSDs among participating kitchen workers (n=128)
From: Frequency and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders among kitchen workers
No MSDS N (%) | MSDS N (%) | P-value# | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | |||
20–30 | 2 (50) | 2 (50) | 0.007** |
31–40 | 6 (17.1) | 29 (82.9) | |
41–50 | 4 (6.3) | 59 (93.7) | |
51–65 | 0 (0.0) | 26 (100) | |
Gender | |||
Male | 8 (9.4) | 77 (90.6) | 0.984 |
Female | 4 (9.3) | 39 (90.7) | |
Residence | |||
Cairo | 9 (11.1) | 72 (88.9) | 0.376 |
Outside Cairo | 3 (6.4) | 44 (93.6) | |
Marital status | |||
Single or widow | 1 (11.1) | 8 (88.9) | 0.853 |
Married | 11 (9.2) | 108 (90.8) | |
Education | |||
Illiterate | 0 (0.0) | 16 (100) | 0.021* |
Primary /preparatory | 3 (5.2) | 55 (94.8) | |
Secondary | 3 (7.5) | 37 (92.5) | |
University/postgraduate studies | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) | |
Smoking | |||
Non-smoker | 9 (13.8) | 56 (86.2) | 0.270 |
Smoker | 3 (5.7) | 50 (94.3) | |
Past smoker | 0 (0.0) | 10 (100.0) | |
Job | |||
Cooker | 2 (8.7) | 21 (91.3) | 0.002** |
Cooking assistant | 2 (9.1) | 20 (90.9) | |
Laborer | 1 (4.0) | 24 (96.0) | |
Food presenter | 0 (0.0) | 15 (100.0) | |
Adm. Employee | 7 (41.2) | 10 (58.8) | |
Supervisor | 0 (0.0) | 22 (100.0) | |
Maintenance worker | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100.0) | |
Mean±SD | Mean±SD | P-value$ | |
Job duration | 12±7.27 | 19.12±8.97 | 0.01* |
BMI | 26.03±3.95 | 29.03±4.7 | 0.035* |