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Table 3 Duration of disabling back pain in the last 12 months 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/super-visory workers (n = 7690)

Managerial staff (n = 3531)

1–7 days

8–30 days

> 30 days

1–7 days

8–30 days

> 30 days

1–7 days

8–30 days

> 30 days

1–7 days

8–30 days

> 30 days

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Total

16.7

10.3

6.5

17.8

13.4

8.9

17.4

10.7

6.5

13.3

4.5

2.6

Sociodemographic characteristics

 Gender

  Male

17.0

10.8

6.6

17.8

13.7

8.9

18.2

11.1

6.4

13.1

4.8

2.4

  Female

15.4

8.3

6.0

16.5

7.1

9.1

15.7

10.0

6.6

13.9

3.4

3.0

 Marital status

  Single

14.5

6.4

3.6

15.6

8.3

4.8

14.5

6.3

3.0

12.0

1.8

2.5

  Married

17.0

11.0

7.1

18.2

14.8

10.3

18.0

11.7

7.3

13.3

4.7

2.3

  Divorced

20.2

13.9

8.1

20.9

17.9

9.6

20.5

12.7

7.7

17.4

8.1

6.2

  Widowed

11.6

16.3

12.4

15.2

12.1

15.2

10.7

17.3

10.7

9.5

19.1

14.3

Lifestyle-related characteristics

 Body-Mass-Index

  Normal weight (< 25 kg/m2)

15.1

7.5

4.8

16.7

10.2

7.1

16.0

8.5

5.3

12.6

3.8

2.4

  Overweight (25- < 30 kg/m2)

17.3

11.7

7.4

17.7

15.0

9.6

18.5

11.5

7.4

13.7

5.0

2.6

  Obesity (≥ 30 kg/m2)

18.3

12.9

7.7

18.9

13.4

9.4

18.2

13.8

7.0

15.8

5.6

3.3

 Smoking status

  Non-smoker

16.0

8.3

4.4

18.9

11.5

6.6

16.9

9.8

4.7

12.3

3.7

2.3

  Former smoker

17.5

13.1

9.2

16.1

16.3

11.2

18.5

11.9

9.0

18.0

7.7

3.8

  Smoker

17.4

12.2

8.6

17.9

13.0

9.6

17.3

12.0

8.1

13.8

6.2

3.3

Work-related characteristics

 Working time system

  Day work

16.3

9.3

5.8

17.9

13.9

9.3

17.5

10.3

6.3

a

a

a

  Shift work

17.6

13.0

8.3

17.7

13.0

8.7

17.4

12.9

7.3

a

a

a

 Work-related stress score

            

  Q1 (0–6 points)

13.2

6.6

3.8

15.2

8.5

4.4

13.1

6.5

4.1

8.2

2.1

1.2

  Q2 (7–8 points)

16.6

9.3

5.2

17.8

12.5

7.6

17.9

9.6

4.9

11.6

3.5

1.7

  Q3 (9–10 points)

18.0

12.0

7.6

18.5

16.5

12.2

19.6

12.4

7.1

13.8

5.4

2.5

  Q4 (≥ 11 points)

20.1

14.5

10.4

23.0

20.9

16.3

20.2

15.9

10.9

17.4

6.5

4.3

Back-related variables

 Ever acquired a spinal injury due to an accident

  No

16.5

10.0

6.0

17.5

13.0

8.5

17.3

10.4

5.9

13.0

4.3

2.5

  Yes

21.6

17.5

16.4

23.8

22.3

20.2

20.4

17.1

17.4

21.4

9.2

5.1

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

  No

16.6

10.1

6.1

17.8

13.1

8.5

17.4

10.6

6.1

13.2

4.5

2.5

  Yes

18.3

23.0

28.0

17.4

28.6

33.7

17.9

21.6

27.6

24.0

8.0

8.0

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

  No

15.7

8.1

3.9

16.9

10.0

5.2

16.4

9.0

4.2

12.7

3.9

1.6

  Yes

20.9

19.9

17.7

20.2

23.3

19.9

21.9

18.5

16.6

19.5

10.3

12.6

  1. aDue to the low number of managerial staff working shifts (n = 5), prevalence of disabling back pain regarding working time system has been omitted for this group; prevalence for missing categories has been omitted in the table. All percentages depicted in the table are row percentages