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

Table 3

Prevalence of multisite musculoskeletal symptoms lasting at least 30 days in the past 12 months.

Multisite MS	Men ()			value	Women ()			value
		%	95% CI			%	95% CI
Gender (Chi-square test)	19	8.6	4.9-12.3	—	108	11.3	9.3-13.3	—
Age group (years)				0.055				<0.001
19-29	6	5.1	2.2-8.0		28	7.8	6.1-9.5
30-39	7	11.3	7.1-15.5		49	11.5	9.5-13.5
40-49	3	13.6	9.1-18.1		23	16.0	13.7-18.3
50-60	3	15.0	10.3-19.7		8	27.6	24.8-30.4
Seniority				0.079				<0.001
Less than 1 year	2	9.5	5.6-13.4		2	4.8	3.4-6.2
1-5 years	3	3.5	1.1-5.9		17	6.6	5.0-8.2
5-10 years	5	8.8	5.1-12.5		36	10.3	8.4-12.2
10-15 years	4	19.0	13.8-24.2		23	14.2	12.0-16.4
More than 15 years	5	13.9	9.3-18.5		30	20.4	17.8-23.0
Position type				0.634				0.434
Administrative	2	12.5	8.1-16.9		13	13.7	11.5-15.9
Clinical	17	8.3	4.7-11.9		95	11.0	9.0-13.0
Shift work				0.108				0.569
Yes	11	6.7	3.4-10.0		75	11.7	9.7-13.7
No	8	13.8	9.3-18.3		33	10.4	8.5-12.3
History of musculoskeletal diseases				0.002				<0.001
Yes	7	29.2	23.2-35.2		36	33.3	30.3-36.3
No	12	6.1	2.9-9.3		72	8.5	6.7-10.3
Location of hospital				0.090				0.080
Urban region	8	14.8	10.1-19.5		45	13.8	11.6-16.0
Rural region	11	6.6	3.3-9.9		63	10.0	8.1-11.9

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