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 factors	Nurses				Nursing technicians				Total
	N	Md	Ma	SD	N	Md	Ma	SD	N	Md	Ma	SD
Physical factors	26	2.8	2.7	0.7	96	2.5	2.6	0.8	122	2.6	2.6	0.8
Psychological factors	26	1.7	1.8	0.6	96	1.7	1.8	0.8	122	1.7	1.8	0.8
Social factors	26	1.5	1.7	0.7	96	1.4	1.7	0.7	122	1.4	1.7	0.7

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