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Table 2 Disease burden-related characteristics of registered nurses comparing between those who had and had no musculoskeletal disorders

From: Burden of musculoskeletal disorders among registered nurses: evidence from the Thai nurse cohort study

Characteristics

Had MSD (n = 8269)

Had no MSD (n = 9041)

p-value*

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

Perceived the MSD as a chronic medical condition

6277

(78.1)

1819

(20.7)

< 0.001

Outpatient Department visit

5434

(65.7)

5690

(62.9)

< 0.001

Hospital admission

937

(11.6)

797

(9.0)

< 0.001

Seek medical specialist consultation ϕ

3695

(44.7)

2457

(27.2)

< 0.001

Seek alternative medications ǂ

2937

(35.5)

1644

(18.2)

< 0.001

Currently on medications

2638

(49.4)

497

(14.7)

< 0.001

Days per week of using pain relieve medications

    

< 0.001

 None

4112

(51.3)

7306

(83.4)

 

 1–2 days

2593

(32.4)

1147

(13.0)

 

 3–4 days

589

(7.3)

146

(1.7)

 

 5–7 days

717

(9.0)

163

(1.9)

 
  1. MSD musculoskeletal disorders
  2. *p-value based on chi-square test
  3. ϕ Odds ratio of having musculoskeletal disorders consulted medical specialists = 2.2 (95% confidence interval: 2.0–2.3; p-value <0.001)
  4. ǂ Odds ratio of having musculoskeletal disorders sought alternative medications = 2.5 (95% confidence interval: 2.3–2.7; p-value <0.001)