The analyses did not show significant
associations of musculoskeletal pain to individual
factors (age, gender, work experience, waist
circumference and exercise) as in several previous
studies [1,2,16,17] (Table 2and 3). An interesting
finding was that there was a higher proportion of
musculoskeletal pain in women (71.6 %) than in
men (57.3 %) in this study. One suggestion from
the results is that a design of bigger sample size
might be helpful for more powerful statistical
analysis. The major causes of musculoskeletal pain
which were prolonged sitting in the same posture,
bending forward or twisting a trunk reported by
cases may contribute to work-related
musculoskeletal pain. The results supported the
previous reports of occupational risk factors of
musculoskeletal disorders among office workers
[4,6,18]. Obviously, the correlation of workrelated factors to the onset of musculoskeletal pain
might be identified clearly by following up cases
in a prospective cohort study