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Table 2 Back pain in all participants of the occupational health check-up (2011–2014) and stratified by occupational status (n = 16,792)

From: Prevalence of back pain in employees of a German chemical company: results of a large cross-sectional study

 

Total (n = 16,792)

Manual workers (n = 5571)

Skilled/supervisory workers (n = 7690)

Managerial staff (n = 3531)

%

%

%

%

Ever experienced back pain

 No

27.5

28.0

25.6

30.9

 Yes

72.5

72.0

74.4

69.1

Ever been hospitalized due to back pain

 No

92.1

90.1

92.8

93.9

 Yes

7.7

9.7

7.0

6.1

Ever acquired a spinal injury due to an accident

 No

95.9

96.1

95.3

96.9

 Yes

3.7

3.5

4.3

2.8

Ever changed job or duties due to back pain

 No

98.6

97.6

98.8

99.6

 Yes

1.3

2.2

1.0

0.4

Duration of back pain during the last 12 months

 0 days

33.9

33.6

31.1

40.8

 1–7 days

25.0

23.6

24.9

27.5

 8–30 days

21.7

21.9

22.6

19.3

 More than 30 days, but not every day

15.8

17.4

17.5

9.8

 Every day

3.6

3.7

4.0

2.7

Reduced ability to undertake work activities (at home or at the workplace) during the last 12 months due to back pain

 No

84.8

79.6

84.8

93.1

 Yes

14.5

19.5

14.7

6.2

Reduced ability to undertake leisure activities during the last 12 months due to back pain

 No

73.1

70.3

72.0

79.8

 Yes

25.4

27.0

26.9

19.3

Duration that back pain prevented from undertaking normal work activities (at home or at the workplace) during the last 12 months

 0 days

66.6

60.0

65.4

79.7

 1–7 days

16.7

17.8

17.4

13.3

 8–30 days

10.3

13.4

10.7

4.5

 More than 30 days

6.5

8.9

6.5

2.6

Ever visited a medical professional (doctor, physiotherapist, chiropractor or other such person) due to back pain

 No

55.2

54.3

53.4

60.8

 Yes

44.2

45.3

46.1

38.5

Experienced back pain in the last 7 days

 No

72.2

73.3

69.0

77.4

 Yes

27.1

26.3

30.1

21.8

History of spondylopathy (ICD-10: M45-M49)

 No

98.5

98.2

98.3

99.3

 Yes

1.5

1.8

1.7

0.7

History of other dorsopathy (ICD-10: M50-M53) excluding back pain

 No

81.4

74.5

81.7

91.5

 Yes

18.6

25.5

18.3

8.6

  1. All percentages depicted in the table are column percentages. Relative frequencies of missing values have been omitted in the table