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An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of work-related upper limbs symptoms (WRULS) among office workers and factors associated with it. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the information. A total of 463 (87.7%) office workers from selected government agencies participated in this study. The mean age of the respondents was 34.1 years (range = 18-55 years). Majority (91.6%) were Malay and female (72.8%), and 58.1% were from clerical group. Mean duration of work was 8.7 years. This study found that prevalence of WRULS was 33.0% (95% CI [confidence interval] = 28.8%, 37.3%). Computer users at work had 2.0 (95% CI = 1.1, 3.4) higher odds ratio of developing WRULS and those who used it for 5 hours and more per day had 7.5 (95% CI = 2.3, 24.2) higher odds ratio of developing WRULS. Hand-intensive hobbies and higher education were also found to be associated with WRULS.

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This paper is to determine the stress level and stressors among medical students. The methods; A cross-sectional study using self-administered questionnaire which consisted of three parts namely socio demographic information, potential stressors and Personal Stress Inventory which gave the stress score. The results; A total of 155 students (83.3%) involved in this study. The prevalence of stress among the respondents was 70.3% (109/155). prevalence of stress was found to be higher among jirst year (90.2%) followed by second year (71.4%), thirdyear (67.6%) and fourth year students (42.9%). However One-way ANOVA showed that there was no significant difference of mean stress level between the dzrerent years of study, F (2,109) =2.404, p=0.095. Further analysis (between Stress and No stress group) showed that environment factors (~2 : 24.388, p < 0.05), and academic (~2 : 4.700, p < 0.05) experienced by the respondents were significantly associated with stress development. The stressfir1 life event identified were dzjiculty with study (71.0%), change in sleeping habit (60.0%) and 52.9% claimed too much coursework. The year of study were significantly @0.05) associated with stress. Headache was found to be the highestphysical stress symptoms presented by the respondents (92.9%) while forgefilness was the highest psychological stress symptoms (92.9%). In conclusion; Prevalence of stress quite high with two in every three students reported stress symptoms. prevalence of stress decreased with the progression of year of study Stress was determined by age, year of study, academic and environment related issues.