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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
1-2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2005-9-19
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| pubmed:abstractText |
We investigated the epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Symptoms (MSS) among Korean nursing students using a validated, questionnaire survey. Among 202 students, the prevalence of MSS at any body site ranged from 69.0% to 77.1% (overall rate: 73.3%). MSS was most commonly reported at the shoulder (46.0%), followed by the lower back (39.1%), neck (35.6%), feet (25.2%) and lower legs (23.8%). Logistic regression analysis indicated that students who undertook regular exercise were only half as likely to report an MSS at any body site (OR 0.5, 95% CI 0.2 - 0.9, P = 0.0350). Increasing body weight was also correlated with a decreased likelihood of MSS (OR 0.04, 95% CI 0.002 - 0.9, P = 0.0460). Overall, our study has shown that Korean nursing students report a high prevalence of MSS, when compared to their international counterparts. Their MSS burden is roughly comparable with Korean workers, in a variety of occupations. Further investigations will now be required to elucidate the contributory factors for nursing students' MSS in Korea, as elsewhere.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
N
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
1037-6178
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
19
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
151-60
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Alcohol Drinking,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Attitude to Health,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Body Weight,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Chi-Square Distribution,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Exercise,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Korea,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Life Style,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Logistic Models,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Musculoskeletal Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Obesity,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Occupational Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Population Surveillance,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Prevalence,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Questionnaires,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Risk Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:16167444-Students, Nursing
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Musculoskeletal symptoms among Korean nursing students.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Hazard Assessment, National Institute of Industrial Health, Kawasaki, Japan.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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