Relationship between Psychosocial Risk Factors and Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Public Hospital Nurses in Malaysia

Table 1 Demographic and occupational profile of respondents

Variables	WRMSDs (n = 376)		P-value⁺
Variables	Yes (n = 275)	No (n = 101)	P-value⁺
	Mean (SD)
Age (yr)	29.62 (7.13)	30.21 (6.70)	0.46
Years of employment as nurses	7.33 (4.89)	7.61 (5.18)	0.64
Working hours/week	45.17 (5.17)	44.65 (5.17)	0.41
Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m²)	24.39 (4.49)	23.65 (4.44)	0.15
	% (n)
Race
Malay	94.20 (260)	94.10 (95)	0.96
Non-Malay	5.80 (15)	5.90 (6)
Marital status
Married	78.91 (217)	70.30 (71)	0.09*
Not married	21.09 (58)	29.70 (30)

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