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

Table 2

Prevalence of multisite musculoskeletal symptoms during the past 12 months.

Multisite MS	Men ()			value	Women ()			value
		%	95% CI			%	95% CI
Gender (Chi-square test)	83	37.6	31.2-44.0	—	547	57.1	54.0-60.2	—
Age group (years)				0.513				0.054
19-29	40	34.2	27.9-40.5		192	53.3	50.1-56.5
30-39	27	43.5	37.0-50.0		248	58.4	55.3-61.5
40-49	7	31.8	25.7-37.9		89	61.8	58.7-64.9
50-60	9	45.0	38.4-51.6		18	62.1	59.0-65.2
Seniority				0.299				0.010
Less than 1 year	6	28.6	22.6-34.6		21	50.0	46.8-53.2
1-5 years	30	34.9	28.6-41.2		137	52.9	49.7-56.1
5-10 years	23	40.4	33.9-46.9		195	56.0	52.9-59.1
10-15 years	12	57.1	50.6-63.6		101	62.3	59.2-65.4
More than 15 years	12	33.3	27.1-39.5		93	63.3	60.2-66.4
Position type				0.282				0.299
Administrative	4	25.0	19.3-30.7		59	62.1	59.0-65.2
Clinical	79	38.5	32.1-44.9		488	56.5	53.4-59.6
Shift work				0.701				0.843
Yes	60	36.8	30.4-43.2		368	57.3	54.2-60.4
No	23	39.7	33.2-46.2		179	56.6	53.5-59.7
History of musculoskeletal diseases				<0.001				<0.001
Yes	17	70.8	64.8-76.8		84	77.8	75.2-80.4
No	66	33.5	27.3-39.7		463	54.5	51.3-57.7
Location of hospital				0.289				0.002
Urban region	17	31.5	25.4-37.6		209	63.9	60.9-66.9
Rural region	66	39.5	33.1-45.9		338	53.6	50.4-56.8

Test for linear trend–LLA. Chi-square test.