Table 2 General description and shoulder pain estimates stratified by age of the 21 included studies, grouped by occupation type and ranked by methodological quality
From: Shoulder pain prevalence by age and within occupational groups: a systematic review
1st Author Year [Reference] | Quality score (/7) | Country of study | Type of occupation (n) | Collection Mode | Definition of shoulder pain | Duration of recall | Age groups (n) | Prevalence (%), Incidence or OR | Direction of estimatesb | |
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Kim 2015 [31] | 7 | South Korea | Cameramen (166) | Nordic styled questionnaire | Pain for at least one day a month, or for at least seven consecutive days in the past year. | 12 months | 30–39 (35) 40–49 (66) ≥50 (65) | 8.6 13.6 18.5 *p > 0.05 |
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Freimann 2013 [30] | 7 | Estonia | Nurses (221) | Self-administered CUPID questionnaire | Shoulder pain (body diagram) lasting longer than a day a during the past year and past month. | 12 months | 23–29 30–39 40–49 50–59 § | OR: 1 3.2 (0.9–11.9) 5.1 (1.3–19.6) 6.2 (1.4–26.9) |
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Armed Forces 2013 [29] | 7 | U.S.A | Military (NR) | Hospital and outpatient medical records | Several ICD-9 codes for acute and chronic shoulder conditions. | 10 year Incidencea | < 20 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 ≥50 § | Acute: 13.5 13.7 13.8 12.9 13.6 14.7 15.9 15.8 | Chronic: 15.8 19.2 25.2 29.5 41.6 54.7 65.3 71.0 |
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Moon 2019 [38] | 6 | South Korea | Food service workers (1581) | KOSHA self-administered questionnaire, history taking by occupational physicians, and physical | Rotator-Cuff Syndrome | 12 months | < 50 (591) ≥50 (990) ¥ | 6.6 10.3 *p > 0.05 |
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Sombatsawat 2019 [39] | 5 | Thailand | Farm workers (156) | Clinician administered Nordic Questionnaire | Trouble^ in region of body diagram. | 6 months | 18–50 (93) 51–65 (63) | OR 1 1.49 (0.61–3.67) p = 0.38 |
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Sekkay 2018 [37] | 6 | Canada | Truck drivers (123) | ESQ98 (Modified Nordic) | Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. | 12 months | < 50 (54) ≥50 (66) | 13 24.2 *p > 0.05 |
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Dianat 2017 [36] | 6 | Iran | Surgeons (312) | Nordic Questionnaire | Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. | 12 months | < 40 (102) 40–50 (106) > 50 (104) | 34.3 39.6 46.2 *p > 0.05 |
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Alrowayeh 2010 [28] | 6 | State of Kuwait | Physical therapists (222) | Self-administered Nordic Questionnaire | Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. | 12 months | 20–30 (45) 31–40 (112) 41–50 (27) ≥50 (28) | 4.2 7.0 0.9 0.9 p = 0.85 | = | |
Guo 2004 [14] | 6 | Taiwan | Retail industry (18,942) | Questionnaire | Body diagram | 12 months | < 18 18–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 > 64 § | ♂ 9.5♀ 12.5 ♂ 10.5♀ 11.0 ♂ 12.5♀ 15.0 ♂ 15.0♀ 16.0 ♂ 18.0♀ 17.5 ♂ 22.0♀ 19.0 ♂ 17.0♀ 17.5 †|
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Eriksen 2003 [22] | 6 | Norway | Nurse’s aides (6485) | Modified Nordic Questionnaire | Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. | 2 weeks | < 30 (504) 30–39 (1318) 40–49 (2612) 50–59 (1763) > 59 (283) | 39.7 45.1 47.7 49.6 47.0 *p < 0.05 | = | |
D’Agostin 2017 [35] | 5 | Italy | Nurses (177) | Modified Nordic Questionnaire | Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. | 12 months | > 34 (45) 35–54 (110) > 55 (22) | 31.1 37.1 45.5 *p > 0.05 |
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Luime 2004 [24] | 5 | The Netherlands | Nursing home/ elderly care workers (556) | Nordic Questionnaire | Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. | 12 months | < 30 (94) 30–39 (154) 40–49 (192) 50–65 (116) | OR: 1 0.95 (0.47–1.93) 1.72 (0.89–3.29) 1.14 (0.51–2.52) |
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Leclerc 2004 [23] | 5 | France | Assembly line, clothing, food industry (598) | Questionnaire | Body diagram | 6 months | ≤29 (117) 30–39 (225) 40–49 (203) ≥50 (53) | ♂ 34♀ 31 ♂ 32 ♀ 49 ♂ 46 ♀ 51 ♂ 60♀ 65 †|
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Backman 1983 [13] | 4 | Finland | Professional Drivers (1156) | Questionnaire | Self-reported | 1 month | 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 § | 65.0 63.0 68.0 72.0 78.0 |
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Min 2016 [33] | 4 | South Korea | Farmers (1013) | KOSHA self-administered questionnaire | Pain (body diagram) for at least one day a month, or for at least seven consecutive days in the past year. | 12 months | < 65 (798) ≥65 (215) | 43.6 40.5 p = 0.41 |
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Haukka et al. 2006 [25] | 4 | Finland | Kitchen workers (495) | Self-administered questionnaire | Body diagram | 3 months | ≤40 (148) 41–50 (185) ≥50 (162) | 22 (15.3–28.7) 34 (27.2–40.8) 44 (36.3–51.6) p < 0.005 |
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Ueno 1999 [21] | 4 | Japan | Construction workers (2289) | Questionnaire | Self-reported | Point | 20–24 (107) 25–29 (197) 30–34 (207) 35–39 (236) 40–44 (337) 45–49 (372) 50–54 (295) 55–59 (247) 60–64 (215) 65–69 (76) | 11.0 18.0 22.0 24.0 27.0 37.0 40.0 33.0 32.0 29.0 †|
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Stucchi 2016 [34] | 3 | Italy | Retail sector (3359) | Interview | Shoulder region diagnoses (rotator cuff/bicep tendinopathy and subacromial bursitis). | 12 months | 15–24 (89) 25–34 (623) 35–44 (1372) 45–54 (1061) 55–64 (214) | OR: 0 cases 1 1.85 (1.19–2.86) 3.13 (2.04–4.82) 6.35 (3.87–10.42) p < 0.01 |
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Sedentary occupations | ||||||||||
Kalinene 2016 [32] | 7 | Lithuania | Computer workers (513) | Nordic Questionnaire | Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. | 12 months | 23–29 (55) 30–39 (91) 40–49 (149) 50–70 (218) | 34.5 46.2 50.3 56.4 *p < 0.05 |
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Janwantanakul 2008 [27] | 6 | Thailand | Office workers (1185) | Self-administered Modified Nordic Questionnaire | Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. | 12 months | > 30 (346) 30–39 (494) 40–49 (262) > 49 (83) | 16.0 14.0 19.0 14.0 *p > 0.05 |
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D’Agostin 2017 [35] | 5 | Italy | University staff -computer use (185) | Modified Nordic Questionnaire | Trouble^ in shoulder region of body diagram. | 12 months | > 34 (63) 35–54 (96) > 55 (26) | 22.2 30.2 19.2 *p > 0.05 |
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Leroyer 2006 [26] | 2 | France | Administration (759) | Clinician-administered questionnaire | Self-reported | 1 week | ≤30 (146) 31–40 (249) 41–50 (271) ≥51 (93) | 13.7 15.7 25.8 26.9 p < 0.01 |
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