Factors Associated with Low Back Pain Among Nurses in Critical Care Units, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

Gim, Chan Siok

doi:10.26717/bjstr.2017.01.000613

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“…This result was relatively comparable with those of studies in Malaysia (68.2%) [16] and South Africa (59%) [12]. This could be due to that the inherent nature of working conditions and practices of nursing is often almost similar in every country, regardless of economic status.…”

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“…Hence, a number of studies conducted on nurses worldwide showed that the prevalence of LBP was usually apparent. For instance, a study in Nepal exhibited the prevalence of 75.7% [11], South Africa 59% [12], Nigeria 33.3% [10] and 73.53%) [13], Tunisia 58.1% [14], Uganda 58.7% [15], Malaysia 68.2% [16], Iran 54.3% [17], and Ethiopia 41.4% [8]. Generally, literature has indicated that the prevalence of low back pain ranges from 40 to 97.9% [3].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The experience of low back pain related to the inherent nature of the nursing profession is usually determined by several driving factors. For example, recent studies demonstrate work-related LBP is often influenced by socio-demographic attributes, like sex, age, marital status, body mass index, experience [9, 10, 15, 16, 18, 19]. Moreover, life-style factors, including smoking, obesity, and lack of physical activity and psychological factors, such as stress and job satisfaction [1, 19] have been examined to considerably affect the developments of low back pain.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, life-style factors, including smoking, obesity, and lack of physical activity and psychological factors, such as stress and job satisfaction [1, 19] have been examined to considerably affect the developments of low back pain. Studies also reveal that workplace conditions, such as overtime work, long working hours, working posture, and shift work [9, 10, 16, 17, 19, 20] are important predictors of low back pain.…”

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Work-Related Factors Associated with Low Back Pain Among Nurse Professionals in East and West Wollega Zones, Western Ethiopia, 2017: A Cross-Sectional Study

Mekonnen

2019

Pain Ther

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IntroductionLow back pain (LBP) is yet the persistent public health challenges around the globe. It substantially affects quality of life and poses disability, particularly to the global working population. The profound losses in productivity and compensation premiums due to the condition have also been a challenge to contemporary occupational health. As such, it no doubt demands informed management and due response. The objective of this research was therefore to investigate the prevalence and work-related factors associated with low back pain among nurses in public hospitals in western Ethiopia.MethodsA health facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March to April 2017. A sample of 422 nurses was selected using systematic random sampling technique. The standardized Nordic Musculoskeletal survey was interviewer-administered for data collection. The association of different explanatory variables with LBP was explored using a binary logistic regression analysis. The significance of associations was ascertained at a p value of < 0.05 and odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).ResultsThe response rate was 99% (N = 418). The mean age was 31.39 (standard deviation ± 7.01) years. The prevalence of LBP in the past 12 months was 63.6% (N = 266) [95% CI (58.9, 68.2)]. About 34.2% (n = 91) of the victims had sought medical care. The prevalence in the last 7 days was 53.4% (n = 142). The majority, 72.2% (n = 192), indicated that their activity was limited. Work experience [AOR 4.332; 95% CI (2.550, 7.360)], shift work [AOR 2.118; 95% CI (1.165, 3.850)], and health and safety training [AOR 2.058; 95% CI (1.127, 3.063)] were significantly associated with low back pain.ConclusionsThe prevalence of low back pain was high, as in many other studies. The finding implies that practices and implementations that focus on the prevention and control of back pain injuries should target proper management of workplace conditions, like shift work and provision of health and safety training.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Work-Related Factors Associated with Low Back Pain Among Nurse Professionals in East and West Wollega Zones, Western Ethiopia, 2017: A Cross-Sectional Study

Mekonnen

2019

Pain Ther

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“…According to recent studies, for example, LBP is often affected by sociodemographic characteristics, such as sex, age, body mass index (BMI), and experience [1,8,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. Studies also show that conditions at the workplace, such as overtime duties, prolong working hours, working posture, and work shifts are significant predictors of LBP [9,10,[14][15][16]19,22,23]. Additionally, lifestyle factors, such as obesity, and lack of physical activity, and psychological issues, such as stress and job satisfaction, have a substantial effect on incidences of LBP [8,12,18,20].…”

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Prevalence of Low Back Pain and Associated Risk Factors among Nurses at King Abdulaziz University Hospital

Almaghrabi

Alsharif

2021

IJERPH

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Aim: To determine the prevalence of LBP and the associated risk factors among nurses at King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH). Methods: A cross-sectional study design was adopted with a convenience sample of 234 nurses recruited from nine different departments at KAUH in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Participants completed the questionnaire, which had two parts: Part I: Socio-demographic data, medical factors, and work-related factors; and Part II: Standardized Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire was used to obtain data. Data collection was carried out from March to April 2020. Data were analyzed using the SPSS version 22. Results: Cumulative prevalence of LBP was 82.9%, annual prevalence was 85.5%, while one-week prevalence of LBP was 53.6%. The factor significantly associated with LBP over the past 12 months was manual lifting of patients (p = 0.030). Nurses working in surgical wards had higher prevalence of LBP. About 24.7% of them changed their working unit, hospitalization was necessary for 11.9%, and 39.8% sought medical care. Conclusions: The findings from this study may better enable policymakers to adopt certain strategies toward reducing the burdens and challenges of LBP among nurses.

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Low back pain knowledge and associated disability among nursing staff in Oman

Ali Alabdali,

Al-Noumani,

Al Harrasi

et al. 2024

International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing

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Factors Associated with Low Back Pain Among Nurses in Critical Care Units, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

Cited by 11 publications

References 16 publications

Work-Related Factors Associated with Low Back Pain Among Nurse Professionals in East and West Wollega Zones, Western Ethiopia, 2017: A Cross-Sectional Study

Work-Related Factors Associated with Low Back Pain Among Nurse Professionals in East and West Wollega Zones, Western Ethiopia, 2017: A Cross-Sectional Study

Prevalence of Low Back Pain and Associated Risk Factors among Nurses at King Abdulaziz University Hospital

Low back pain knowledge and associated disability among nursing staff in Oman

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