Research Article
Assessing the Work Activities Related to Musculoskeletal Disorder among Critical Care Nurses
Table 1
Demographic profile of the nurses.
| Item | Measure | N (%) |
| Gender | Male | 23 (23%) | Female | 77 (77%) |
| Age | 25–30 years | 49 (49%) | 31–35 years | 39 (39%) | 36–40 years | 5 (5%) | 41–55 years | 3 (3%) | >56 years | 1 (1%) |
| BMI | <18.5 (underweight) | 2 (2%) | 18.5–24.9 (normal) | 58 (58%) | 25–29.9 (overweight) | 38 (38%) | >30 (obese) | 2 (2%) |
| Education level | Nursing diploma | 10 (10%) | Nursing bachelor | 86 (86%) | Postgraduate | 4 (4%) |
| Work experience | 1–5 years | 32 (32%) | 6–10 years | 48 (48%) | >10 years | 20 (20%) |
| Critical care area experience | <1 year | 16 (16%) | 1–2 years | 40 (40%) | >2 years | 44 (44%) |
| Prolonged standing time during shift | 1–4 hours | 20 (20%) | 5–8 hours | 60 (60%) | >8 hours | 20 (20%) |
| Prolonged sitting time during shift | 1–4 hours | 88 (88%) | 5–8 hours | 7 (7%) | >8 hours | 5 (5%) |
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