From: Upper limb disability in Norwegian workers with hand-arm vibration syndrome
Crude DASH score | P-value | Adjusted DASH score** | P-value | ||
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Categorical | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | |||
Vibration exposure | ≤ 20 ys | 43.2 (5.0) | Reference | 44.3 (5.3) | Reference |
> 20 ys | 39.4 (4.7) | 0.588 | 39.4 (5.5) | 0.541 | |
Employment | Yes | 35.0 (4.9) | Reference | 34.8 (4.9) | Reference |
No | 45.8 (4.6) | 0.117 | 48.6 (5.3) | 0.073 | |
Carpal tunnel syndrome | No | 41.8 (3.8) | Reference | 42.8 (4.1) | Reference |
Yes | 38.3 (8.1) | 0.700 | 38.5 (8.4) | 0.654 | |
Tendinitis | No | 30.6 (4.5) | Reference | 32.0 (4.9) | Reference |
Yes | 49.6 (4.0) | 0.004 | 50.1 (4.4) | 0.011 | |
Hand grip strength | Normal | 36.3 (3.9) | Reference | 37.6 (4.1) | Reference |
Reduced | 52.5 (5.3) | 0.020 | 54.3 (6.0) | 0.031 | |
Manual dexterity | Normal | 37.6 (5.2) | Reference | 37.6 (5.3) | Reference |
Reduced | 45.9 (5.0) | 0.264 | 48.9 (5.7) | 0.159 | |
SWS vascular | Stage 0 - 2 | 38.2 (4.2) | Reference | 39.3 (4.4) | Reference |
Stage 3 | 46.8 (5.6) | 0.231 | 47.4 (6.5) | 0.313 | |
SWS sensorineural | Stage 0 - 2 | 37.4 (6.0) | Reference | 40.1 (6.5) | Reference |
Stage 3 | 43.0 (4.1) | 0.440 | 42.8 (4.5) | 0.737 |