Table. 4.

Factors affecting the odds ratio of upper extremity pain in delivery workers

Variable Category Door to door deliveriers Food deliveriers
Crude OR Adjusted ORa Crude OR Adjusted ORa
OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value
Psychosocial
working
conditions
(reference:
unexposed)
Working fast 3.42 3.34–3.50 <0.001 4.75 4.62–4.89 <0.001 1.61 1.55–1.67 <0.001 0.95 0.91–1.00 0.031
Strict deadlines 1.62 1.59–1.66 <0.001 1.83 1.79–1.88 <0.001 2.07 2.00–2.14 <0.001 1.40 1.34–1.47 <0.001
Support from colleagues 1.18 1.15–1.20 <0.001 1.15 1.12–1.18 <0.001 1.12 1.08–1.16 <0.001 1.52 1.45–1.60 <0.001
Support from managers 0.94 0.92–0.96 <0.001 0.88 0.85–0.90 <0.001 1.78 1.71–1.85 <0.001 2.02 1.91–2.14 <0.001
Job stress 1.79 1.75–1.93 <0.001 1.99 1.84–2.04 <0.001 1.09 1.05–1.13 <0.001 0.87 0.82–0.91 <0.001
Hiding emotions 2.57 2.51–2.63 <0.001 3.64 3.55–3.74 <0.001 1.19 1.15–1.24 <0.001 1.82 1.74–1.91 <0.001
Working time
quality
(reference: no)
Long working hours 2.08 2.04–2.13 <0.001 0.33 0.32–0.34 <0.001 1.34 1.29–1.39 <0.001 0.48 0.46–0.50 <0.001
Lack of rest time 3.26 3.18–3.34 <0.001 3.69 3.58–3.80 <0.001 2.30 2.19–2.41 <0.001 3.89 3.63–4.16 <0.001
Night work 4.68 4.52–4.84 <0.001 0.16 0.15–0.17 <0.001 2.72 2.62–2.82 <0.001 0.11 0.10–0.12 <0.001
Evening work 2.89 2.82–2.96 <0.001 0.23 0.22–0.24 <0.001 3.43 3.26–3.62 <0.001 0.25 0.23–0.27 <0.001
Sunday work 0.53 0.51–0.54 <0.001 1.64 1.58–1.70 <0.001 0.57 0.55–0.59 <0.001 0.92 0.86–0.96 <0.001
Saturday work 1.87 1.82–1.93 <0.001 0.44 0.43–0.46 <0.001

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

aSex, age, employment, working duration, income adjusted.

Analyzed by multiple logistic regression analysis after adjusting variables.

P-value is obtained by multiple logistic regression analysis.

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