Research Article

Occupational Health Hazards in ICU Nursing Staff

Table 1

Medians, means, and standard deviations of physical, psychological, and social hazard factors among nurses and nursing technicians, Brasília, 2007.

Hazard factorsNursesNursing techniciansTotal
NMdMaSDNMdMaSDNMdMaSD

Physical factors262.82.70.7962.52.60.81222.62.60.8
Psychological factors261.71.80.6961.71.80.81221.71.80.8
Social factors261.51.70.7961.41.70.71221.41.70.7

n: absolute frequency, Ma: mean; Md: median; SD: standard deviation.