Research Article
Prevalence of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Nurses Working in Hospitals of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Table 5
Annual prevalence of WMSDs in the nurses working in different department.
| | Department | (%) | In the recent 1 year | Lower back | Neck | Shoulder | Back | | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Department of Internal Medicine | 2297 (34.42) | 1733 (75.45) | 1352 (58.86) | 1325 (57.68) | 1076 (46.84) | 825 (35.92) | | Department of Surgery | 2223 (33.31) | 1732 (77.91) | 1410 (63.43) | 1335 (60.05) | 1123 (50.52) | 888 (39.95) | | Department of Emergency | 1182 (17.71) | 945 (79.95) | 821 (69.46) | 724 (61.25) | 622 (52.62) | 541 (45.77) | | Department of Anesthesia | 443 (6.64) | 340 (76.75) | 264 (59.59) | 260 (58.69) | 208 (46.95) | 160 (36.12) | | Supply room | 529 (7.93) | 418 (79.02) | 338 (63.89) | 345 (65.22) | 285 (53.88) | 222 (41.97) |
| | Total | 6674 (100.00) | 5168 (77.43) | 4185 (62.71) | 3989 (59.77) | 3314 (49.66) | 2636 (39.50) |
| | — | 10.643 | 40.230 | 12.054 | 17.150 | 35.441 | | — | 0.031 | <0.001 | 0.017 | 0.002 | <0.001 |
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compared with the nurses working in the Department of Internal Medicine.
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