Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics, prevalence rates of musculoskeletal and sleep disorders, general and job stress, and physical workload among health professionals

Sex

**

 Female

675

94.5

145

65.3

115

83.9

136

87.7

1071

87.2

 Male

39

5.5

77

34.7

22

16.1

19

12.3

157

12.8

Age

***

 < 25 years

72

10.0

2

0.9

5

3.7

2

1.3

81

6.6

 25–34 years

221

30.8

72

32.7

52

38.9

55

35.5

400

32.6

 35–44 years

173

24.1

74

33.6

38

27.9

41

26.4

326

26.5

 45–54 years

164

22.9

45

20.5

26

19.1

38

24.5

273

22.2

 55+ years

87

12.1

27

12.3

15

11.0

19

12.3

148

12.1

Education

(highest level achieved)

***

 Low (1–4)

27

3.8

0

–

0

–

0

–

27

2.2

 Medium (5–6)

213

30.2

3

1.4

12

8.8

30

19.6

258

21.3

 High (7–10)

346

49.0

2

0.9

28

20.4

51

33.3

427

35.2

 Very high (11–12)

120

17.0

212

97.7

97

70.8

72

47.1

501

41.3

Musculoskeletal disorders

***

 None (0)

117

16.5

66

30.3

36

26.3

41

26.5

260

21.4

 Minor to moderate (1–2)

398

56.3

115

52.8

74

54.0

81

52.3

668

54.9

 Severe to very severe (3–4)

192

27.2

37

17.0

27

19.7

33

21.3

289

23.7

Sleep disorders

n.s.

 Not at all (0)

340

47.9

109

49.3

56

40.9

66

42.6

571

46.7

 A little (1)

273

38.5

88

39.8

63

46.0

68

43.9

492

40.2

 Severe (2)

97

13.7

24

10.9

18

13.1

21

13.5

160

13.1

General stress

n.s.

 Not at all to minimal (0–1)

363

53.2

106

49.3

66

49.6

72

48.3

607

51.5

 Moderate (2)

229

33.6

69

32.1

44

33.1

55

36.9

397

33.7

 Strong to very strong (3–4)

90

13.2

40

18.6

23

17.3

22

14.8

175

14.8

Work stress

***

 Very low (ERI ratio ≤ 0.8)

43

6.5

23

11.3

19

14.7

31

21.1

116

10.2

 Low (ERI ratio > 0.8–1)

146

22.0

48

23.6

40

31.0

30

20.4

264

23.1

 Moderate (ERI ratio > 1–1.5)

379

57.2

108

53.2

56

43.4

68

46.3

611

53.5

 High (ERI ratio > 1.5)

95

14.3

24

11.8

14

10.9

18

12.2

151

13.2

Physical effort at work

***

 No / low (0–1)

86

12.6

111

51.2

53

39.6

83

56.8

333

28.2

 Medium (2–5)

416

60.8

104

47.9

57

42.5

56

38.4

633

53.6

 High (6–12)

182

26.6

2

0.9

24

17.9

7

4.8

215

18.2

Poor posture at work

***

 Never to occasionally (0–1)

519

73.3

194

89.8

112

82.4

123

82.6

948

78.4

 Regularly (2)

125

17.7

16

7.4

21

15.4

14

9.4

176

14.6

 Frequently to permanently (3–4)

64

9.0

6

2.8

3

2.2

12

8.1

85

7.0