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As for pain severity, the workers are asked to rate their pain method for pain treatment.
symptoms in a 10-point scale for the severity of the worst pain, Negative impacts caused by the pain symptoms on the workers’
the slightest pain, the average pain and present pain. It can be daily living is also assessed. The workers were asked to rate
seen that in general the pain symptoms are not severe.
whether their pain symptoms have affected their mood, walking
Figure 10 shows the common treatment used by the workers ability, work, relationships, sleep and hobbies, on a 0-10 scale.
to relieve their pain symptoms. Taking painkillers is the most The results are shown in Table 11. It can be seen that in general
used method. Many workers also ignored their pain symptoms. the pain experience did not affect much of the daily life of the
The use of relieving creams and liniments is the third most used workers.

Mean SD Minimum Maximum
Worst Pain 4.92 2.81 0 10
Slightest Pain 1.47 1.86 0 8
Average Pain 3.26 2.23 0 8

Present Pain 1.98 2.37 0 10 9 Pain Severity

Pain Killers 20

Ignore 19
Cream 16

Acupoint Massage 6
Health Product 6

Physical Therapy 5
Acupuncture 5

Chinese Medicine 3
Exercise 2

Massage 1
Bone Setting Doctor 1

Aroma Therapy
10 Pain Treatment Method
Steroids Used by Workers

0 5 10 15 20 25

Mean SD Minimum Maximum

Affect Daily Life 2.6 2.77 0 10
Affect Mood 2.23 2.80 0 10
Affect Walking Ability 2.28 2.98 0 10
Affect Work 2.14 2.98 0 10
Affect Relationship 0.51 1.54 0 8

Affect Sleep 2.35 3.02 0 10
Affect Hobbies 1.46 2.69 0 10 11 Pain Infuence on Workers'
Daily Living

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