Prevalence and Characteristics of Multisite Musculoskeletal Symptoms among District Hospital Nurses in Haiphong, Vietnam

Table 1

Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among men and women.

	Men ()			Women ()			value
		%	95% CI		%	95% CI
During the past 12 months
At least one anatomical site	134	60.6	54.2-67.0	743	77.6	75.0-80.2	<0.001
Neck	80	36.2	29.9-42.5	433	45.2	42.0-48.4	0.015
Shoulder/upper arm	49	22.2	16.7-27.7	293	30.6	27.7-33.5	0.013
Elbow/forearm	13	5.9	2.8-9.0	95	9.9	8.0-11.8	0.061
Wrist/hand	18	8.1	4.5-11.7	176	18.4	15.9-20.9	<0.001
Upper back	53	24.0	18.4-29.6	320	33.4	30.4-36.4	0.007
Lower back	63	28.5	22.5-34.5	459	47.9	44.7-51.1	<0.001
Hip/thigh	7	3.2	0.9-5.5	62	6.5	4.9-8.1	0.059
Knee/lower leg	31	14.0	9.4-18.6	205	21.4	18.8-24.0	0.014
Ankle/foot	16	7.2	3.8-10.6	84	8.8	7.0-10.6	0.462
Lasting at least 30 days in the past 12 months
At least one anatomical site	38	17.2	12.2-22.2	206	21.5	18.9-24.1	0.154
Neck	16	7.2	3.8-10.6	69	7.2	5.6-8.8	0.985
Shoulder/upper arm	11	5	2.1-7.9	44	4.6	3.3-5.9	0.807
Elbow/forearm	a			22	2.3	1.4-3.2
Wrist/hand	a			34	3.5	2.3-4.7
Upper back	10	4.5	1.8-7.2	64	6.7	5.1-8.3	0.234
Lower back	17	7.7	4.2-11.2	117	12.2	10.1-14.3	0.056
Hip/thigh	a			17	1.8	1.0-2.6
Knee/lower leg	6	2.7	0.6-4.8	38	4.0	2.8-5.2	0.376
Ankle/foot	a			26	2.7	1.7-3.7

^aNot presented, .