Occupational Disease and Injury in Malaysia: A Thematic Review of Literature from 2016 to 2021

Table 2

Descriptive analysis of the literature on occupational disease and injury (2016–2021).

Descriptive themes	N  = 120	%
Authors’ department
Medicine and health	78	65.0
Engineering	16	13.3
Biomedical	15	12.5
Science and technology	3	2.5
Dentistry	2	1.7
Environment	2	1.7
Veterinary	2	1.7
Economic	1	0.8
Education	1	0.8
Occupational health issue
Occupational disease	106	88.3
Occupational injury	14	11.7
Sample size of the study
150 and above	79	65.8
Below 150	39	32.5
Not mentioned	2	1.7
Study design
Cross-sectional	109	90.8
Case-control	8	6.7
Others	3	2.5
Working sector
Public	52	43.3
Private	68	56.7
Nationality of the worker
Malaysian	102	85.0
Non-Malaysian	18	15.0