Occupational Health Hazards in ICU Nursing Staff

Table 5

Physical, psychological, and social hazards among nurses and nursing technicians at the beginning and end of their careers, according to the Kruskal Wallis test, Brasília, 2007.

Type of hazard	Nurses (ranks)				Nursing technicians (ranks)
	N	Beginning of career	End of career	P values	N	Beginning of career	End of career	P values
Social hazard	21	12.1	8.7	.23	73	36.8	37.2	.15
Psychological hazard	21	12	8.9	.20	73	39	32.9	.34
Physical hazard	21	11.2	10.5	.15	73	37.3	36.2	.13