Musculoskeletal Disorders: Prevalence and Associated Factors among District Hospital Nurses in Haiphong, Vietnam

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study group, Haiphong, 2017.

Variables	N = 1179	n (%)	Mean	Median	Min-max	SD
Age (years)	< 45	1087 (92.2)	32.6	31.0	19 - 60	7.7
	≥ 45	92 (7.8)
Gender	male	221 (18.7)
	female	958 (81.3)
BMI	< 18.5 underweight	134 (11.4)
	18.5 – 22.9 normal	842 (71.4)
	23 – 24.9 overweight	142 (12.0)
	≥ 25 obesity	61 (5.2)
Average income	< 3 million VND	281 (23.8)
	3 – 5 million VND	679 (57.6)
	5 – 7 million VND	180 (15.3)
	7 – 10 million VND	37 (3.1)
	≥ 10 million VND	2 (0.2)
Marital status	single	192 (16.3)
	married	972 (82.4)
	divorced	8 (0.7)
	separated	2 (0.2)
	widowed	5 (0.4)
Has children	yes	932 (79.1)
	no	247 (20.9)
Family member			4.2	4.0	1 - 20	1.3
Handed	left handed	72 (6.1)
	right handed	1062 (90.1)
	both hands	45 (3.8)
History of MS disease	yes	132 (11.2)
	no	1047 (88.8)

VND: Vietnam dong; MS: musculoskeletal.