Effect of a Developed Nursing Stretch Break Application on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Complications and Fatigue among Nurses: An Interventional Study

Table 3

Comparison of the study groups regarding the prevalence of WMSs in the last 7 days in different body regions before and after the intervention (n = 71).

Body region	Prevalence of WMSs in the last 7 days		value^∗
	Before intervention no. (%)	After intervention no. (%)
Neck	36 (50.7)	23 (32.4)	0.002
Shoulders	39 (54.9)	17 (23.9)	<0.001
Elbows	5 (7.0)	4 (5.6)	0.419
Wrists/hands	29 (40.8)	6 (8.5)	<0.001
Upper back	40 (56.3)	15 (21.1)	<0.001
Lower back	55 (77.5)	20 (28.2)	<0.001
Thighs	18 (25.4)	0 (0.00)	<0.001
Knees	42 (59.2)	38 (53.52)	0.383
Ankles/feet	57 (80.3)	20 (28.2)	<0.001
WMSs at least in one body region	71 (100)	65 (91.5)	0.031

^∗McNemar’s test.