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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the study population*

From: Complaints of the arm, neck and shoulder among computer office workers in Sudan: a prevalence study with validation of an Arabic risk factors questionnaire

 

Male N = 163

Female N = 83

Gender

65.2%

34.8%

Age

  

25–35

76.1

87.4

36–45

17.8

12.6

46–55

6.1

0.0

Numbers working hours/Day

  

4 to7 hrs

37.4

46.0

8 hrs

48.5

48.3

More than 8 hrs

14.1

04.6

Numbers of working hours with computer/Day

  

3 to 5 hrs

31.9

27.6

6 to 8 hrs

59.5

65.5

> 8 hrs

08.0

02.3

Numbers of working years in current position

  

6 month to 1 year

28.8

26.4

2 to 4 years

47.2

58.6

5 years and more

23.9

14.9

  1. *Total Number of Subjects = 250