Evaluation of the relationship between musculoskeletal discomforts and occupational stressors among nurses

Azma, Kamran; Hosseini, Alireza; Safarian, Mohammad Hasan; Abedi, Masoumeh

doi:10.4103/1947-2714.161250

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“…Burnout symptoms, which were associated with physical loads, were pain in upper limbs, in the cervical region, lumbar region and may be related to irritability (7) . Situations of irritability and stress were observed among nursing workers and associated with musculoskeletal injuries, especially in the neck, shoulders, back and waist regions (19) .…”

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Workloads and burnout of nursing workers

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Objective: to identify workloads in nursing work and its association with nursing worker burnout. Method: a cross-sectional study, including 211 nursing workers from a university hospital, between July and August 2016. For the analysis, the descriptive statistics, Chi-Square Test, Fisher’s Exact Test and Mann Whitney U-Test were used. Results: the most evidenced loads were biological. A significant association was found between workloads and workers’ occupation, as well as a significant association between workloads and worker burnout. Burnout caused upper limb pain, neck and lumbar pain, lower limb pain, muscle spasm, lower limb edema, mental fatigue, headache, nervousness, and forgetfulness. Conclusion: workloads identification is a subsidy for the promotion of interventions that minimize the burnout generated to the health of the nursing worker.

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Workloads and burnout of nursing workers

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“…Research in occupational medicine has identified a number of physical and psychosocial risk factors for the development of work-related MSDs [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. Previous studies have shown that MSD are directly caused by physically demanding work and strenuous working conditions, such as lifting or carrying heavy loads, tiring positions, awkward posture, or repetitive movements [13][14][15].…”

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“…Moreover, MSDs were also found to be related and associated with psychologically stressful work, i.e. with psychosocial work factors and work-related stressors such as time pressure, low job control, little social or supervisor support, effort-reward imbalance, or work-life conflict [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23].…”

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Work- and stress-related musculoskeletal and sleep disorders among health professionals: a cross-sectional study in a hospital setting in Switzerland

Hämmig

2020

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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Background: Musculoskeletal and sleep disorders have been reported to be very common among health care and hospital workers and particularly nurses. They are assumed or found to be a result of psychological stress and/or physical strain or pain. However, no other study so farat least in a hospital setting and for Switzerlandhas considered and investigated musculoskeletal as well as sleep disorders in consequence of or rather in association with both physical workload and psychological stress. Methods: Cross-sectional survey data of 1232 health professionals were used and analysed. Data were collected in 2015/16 among the health care workforces of three public hospitals and two rehabilitation clinics in the Germanspeaking part of Switzerland. Musculoskeletal and sleep disorders were assessed by three items taken from the Swiss Health Survey, a 2-item measure of accumulated low back, back, neck and shoulder pain and a single-item measure of problems in getting to sleep or sleeping through. Stratified and adjusted bivariate logistic and multivariate linear regression analyses were performed to calculate measures of association (adjusted odds ratios, zstandardized beta coefficients), to control for potential confounders, and to compare different health professions (nurses, physicians, therapists, other). Results: Almost every fourth of the studied health professionals reported severe or even very severe musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and nearly every seventh severe sleep disorders (SDs). These prevalence rates were significantly or at least slightly higher among nurses than among physicians and other health care workers. General stress, work stress, physical effort at work, and particularly a painful or tiring posture at work were found to be clear and strong risk factors for MSDs, whereas only general and work-related stress were found to be significantly associated with SDs. There was no or only weak association between MSDs and SDs. Conclusions: This study found MSDs to be largely a result of physical workload or rather poor posture at work and only secondarily a consequence of (general) stress, whereas SDs were revealed to be primarily a consequence of stress on and particularly off the job. Preventive strategies therefore have to differentiate and combine measures for the reduction of both psychological stress and physical strain.

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“…Work-related stress among nurses affects both individual and organizational functioning as well as the healthcare provided. Literature suggests that it is associated with musculoskeletal disorders[ 4 5 ] and locomotor diseases,[ 6 ] high rates of anxiety[ 7 8 ] and depression,[ 9 10 ] high burnout levels,[ 11 ] reduced job satisfaction,[ 12 ] absenteeism,[ 13 ] and high turnover intention,[ 14 ] whereas it is negatively associated with nurses' patient care behaviors. [ 15 ]…”

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Occupational stress experienced by nurses working in a Greek Regional Hospital: A cross-sectional study

Chatzigianni

Tsounis

Markopoulos³

et al. 2018

Iranian J Nursing Midwifery Res

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Background:Occupational stress is both psychologically and physically challenging and may lead to high rates of absenteeism, burnout, and turnover. Nursing is considered as one of the most stressful and demanding professions. This study aims to measure perceived stress levels among nurses in a Greek public general hospital.Materials and Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 157 nurses and nursing assistants took part. A self-administered questionnaire including sociodemographics and Expanded Nursing Stress Scale (ENSS) for stress assessment was used. Analysis was performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 20.0.Results:Total stress mean(SD) score ranged in medium levels [136.27 (47.80)]. The most stressful situations were dealing with death and dying [18.29 (5.59)]; patients' and their families' demands [20.90 (7.12)], and uncertainty concerning treatment [22.19 (9.07)]. Discrimination [4.40 (4.25)] and conflicts with peers [12.07 (5.10)] provoked less stress. There was a statistically significant relationship between age and total stress (F = 4.23, p < 0.001) and all distinct stressors. Nurses between 30 and 34 years expressed higher stress in all cases except patients' and their families' demands stressor. Those nurses who were divorced expressed higher stress in death and dying subscale (F = 2.93, p = 0.035). Nursing assistants expressing higher stress as far as workload (t = −2.40, p = 0.017), conflicts with physicians (t = −2.19, p = 0.033), and problems with peers (t = −2.63, p = 0.009) were concerned, compared to nurses.Conclusions:The findings of the study are in line with other researchers' findings concerning stressors among nursing personnel in Greece. Appropriate measures for the prevention and management of specific stressors must therefore be taken.

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Evaluation of the relationship between musculoskeletal discomforts and occupational stressors among nurses

Cited by 20 publications

References 23 publications

Workloads and burnout of nursing workers

Workloads and burnout of nursing workers

Work- and stress-related musculoskeletal and sleep disorders among health professionals: a cross-sectional study in a hospital setting in Switzerland

Occupational stress experienced by nurses working in a Greek Regional Hospital: A cross-sectional study

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