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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among perioperative nurses: a systematic review and META-analysis

Author/Year

Country

Study design

Sample size/sex/age

BMI

Data assesment

Critical appraisal

Ruzafa-Martinez et al. (2003) [13]

Spain

cross-sectional

24 PNs: 22 F; 2 M

a

R-M Q

fair

Bos et al. (2007) [14]

Netherlands

cross-sectional

381 PNs: 324 F; 57 M. Age: 40 ± 10

24 ± 4

NMQ

fair

Meijsen et al. (2007) [15]

Netherlands

cross-sectional

463 PNs: 394 F; 69 M. Age: 36 ± 10.3

a

NMQ

fair

Sheikhzadeh et al. (2009) [16]

US

cross-sectional

32 PNs. Age: 43.9 ± 9.1

a

MSS

fair

Choobineh et al. (2010) [18]

Iran

cross-sectional

375 PNs: 249 F; 126 M. Age: 31.5 ± 8.5

22.8 ± 3.3

NMQ

fair

Moscato et al. (2010) [17]

Italy

cross-sectional

185 PNs: 73 F; 112 M. Age: 36.1 ± 7.1

M 22.6 ± 3.2

F 25.5 ± 3.7

R-M Q

fair

Aljeesh et al. (2011) [19]

Palestine

cross-sectional

143 PNs: 33 F, 110 M. Age: 33.7 ± 9.59

26.6 ± 4.5

R-M Q

fair

Hinmikaiye et al. (2012) [20]

Nigeria

cross-sectional

80 PNs: 56 F; 24 M.

a

R-M Q

fair

Simonsen et al. (2012) [32]

Sweden

cross-sectional

99 PNs

a

R-M Q

fair

Keriri et al. (2013) [21]

Saudi Arabia

cross-sectional + nested case control

126 PNs (94 ORNs, 32 Technicians): 99 F; 27 M. Age: 34.0 ± 8.0

24.9 ± 4.5

R-M Q

fair

Arsalani et al. (2014) [22]

Iran

cross-sectional

117 PNs

a

NMQ

fair

Ryu et al. (2014) [23]

South Korea

cross-sectional

35 PNs: 35 F

a

ANSI Z-365

fair

Nützi et al. (2015) [25]

Switzerland

cross-sectional

116 PNs: 97 F; 19 M. Age: 3.9 ± 11.9

a

NAAS-Q

fair

UÄŸurlu et al. (2015) [24]

Turkey

cross-sectional

74 PNs: 46 F; 28 M. Age: 29.3 ± 6.7

a

R-M Q

fair

Arvidsson et al. (2016) [27]

Sweden

cross-sectional

305 PNs: 305 F. Age: 47 ± 10

24 ± 4

CE + NMQ

fair

Asadi et al. (2016) [28]

Iran

cross-sectional

45 PNs

a

R-M Q

fair

El Ata et al. (2016) [26]

Egypt

cross-sectional

184 PNs: 155 F; 29 M. Age: 20–50 ys

< 30

CE + NMQ

fair

Homaid et al. (2016) [35]

Saudi Arabia

cross-sectional

41 PNs (34 ORN, 7 Technicians)

a

R-M Q

?

Bakola et al. (2017) [30]

Greece

prospective

44 PNs: 35 F; 9 M. Age: 42.7 ± 5.5

24.7 ± 4.3

R-M Q

fair

Mahmoudifar et al. (2017) [29]

Iran

cross-sectional

50 PNs

a

NMQ + REBA

fair

Nasiri-Ziba et al. (2017) [31]

Iran

cross-sectional

133 PNs: 103 F; 30 M. Age: 29.1 ± 6.8

23.1 ± 2.7

NMQ

fair

Jeyakumar et al. (2018) [34]

US

cross-sectional

250 PNs: 220 F; 30 M

24.5

MOLBPDQ

fair

Asghari et al. (2019) [36]

Iran

cross-sectional

144 PNss: 115 F; 29 M. Age: 34.6 ± 6.6

24.4 ± 2.9

NMQ + REBA

?

Clari et al. (2019) [33]

Italy

cross-sectional

144 PNs: 114 F; 30 M

a

DASH

fair

  1. adata not available
  2. BMI Body Mass Index, M Male, F Female, PNs perioperative nurses, R-M Q Research-Made Questionnaire, NMQ Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, MSS Musculoskeletal symptom Survey, ANSI Z-365 American National Standards Institute Z-365, NAAS-Q North American Spine Society-Questionnaire, CE Clinical Examination, REBA Rapid Entire Body Assessment, MOLBPDQ Modify Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire, DASH Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand