Research Article

Prevalence of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Nurses Working in Hospitals of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Table 3

Annual prevalence of WMSDs in the nurses.

Age (%)In the recent 1 yearLower backNeckShoulderBack
(%) (%) (%) (%) (%)

≤25944 (14.14)497 (52.65)383 (40.57)359 (38.03)299 (31.67)224 (23.73)
26–302693 (40.35)2095 (77.79)1690 (62.76)1563 (58.04)1311 (48.68)1054 (39.14)
31–351586 (23.76)1297 (81.7)1071 (67.53)1013 (63.87)837 (52.77)657 (41.42)
36–40567 (8.50)503 (88.71)412 (72.66)401 (70.72)329 (58.02)282 (49.74)
≥41884 (13.25)776 (87.78)629 (71.15)653 (73.87)538 (60.86)419 (47.40)

Total6674 (100.00)5168 (77.43)4185 (62.71)3989 (59.77)3314 (49.66)2636 (39.50)

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, compared with the nurses aged ≤25 yrs; , compared with the nurses aged 26–30 yrs; , compared with the nurses aged 31–35 yrs.