Research Article
Long-Term Prevalence and Risk Factors of Musculoskeletal Disorders among the Schoolteachers in Hail, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the sample (
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| Characteristics | Categories | | % | Characteristics | Categories | | % |
| Gender | Male | 145 | 57.8 | Smoking habit | Nonsmokers | 196 | 78.1 | Female | 106 | 42.2 | Smokers | 55 | 21.9 |
| Age (years) | 26–30 | 30 | 12.0 | Number of sleeping hours per day | 2–4 | 10 | 4.0 | 31–35 | 23 | 9.2 | 5–6 | 79 | 31.5 | 36–40 | 59 | 23.5 | 7–8 | 133 | 53.0 | 41–45 | 61 | 24.3 | 9–10 | 26 | 10.4 | 46–50 | 50 | 19.9 | 11–12 | 1 | 0.4 | >50 | 28 | 11.2 | >12 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Number of working hours per day | 2–4 | 15 | 6.0 | Length of job experience (years) | 1–5 | 22 | 8.8 | 5–6 | 95 | 37.8 | 6–10 | 43 | 17.1 | 7–8 | 120 | 47.8 | 11–15 | 51 | 20.3 | 9–10 | 14 | 5.6 | 16–20 | 44 | 17.5 | >10 | 7 | 2.8 | >20 | 91 | 36.3 |
| Marital status | Never married | 28 | 11.2 | | Married | 215 | 85.7 | Widowed | 6 | 2.4 | Divorced | 2 | 0.8 |
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