Impact of ergonomic intervention on back pain among nurses

Smedley, Julia; Trevelyan, Fiona C; Inskip, Hazel; Buckle, Peter; Cooper, Cyrus; Coggon, David

doi:10.5271/sjweh.713

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“…OF those respondents who were required to lift heavy loads and frequent lifts/transfers, 87.4% shown to have a higher likelihood of developing LBP (P<0.001). This result was in accordance with the results of Barrero et al 19 and Smedley et al 25 where both studies reported that lifting was an important exposure variable associated with LBP. Similarly, poor work posture was also significantly correlated with LBP prevalence in this survey (P<0.001).…”

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Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Low Back Pain Among Health Care Providers in a District Hospital

Wong¹,

Teo²,

Sing³

2010

MOJ

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Study design: A cross-sectional study among health care providers working at one hospital. Objective: To investigate the prevalence, the consequences and the risk factors associated with low back pain (LBP) among hospital staff. Materials and Methods:The study sample consisted of 931 health care providers who answered a pre-established questionnaire including 30 items in two languages. Results:The cumulative life-prevalence of LBP was 72.5% and the yearly prevalence was 56.9%. Chronic LBP prevalence was noted 5.1% of the cases. Treatment was sought in 34.1% of LBP sufferers and 7.3% required sick leave or absence from work due to LBP. Risk factors associated with LBP were professional categories, bad body posture, lifting objects or patients and the increased levels of lifting, levels of job satisfaction and stressful job demands. Conclusion: There was a high prevalence of LBP among hospital staff, resulting in significant medical and socio-professional consequences. Many risk factors were identified that would necessitate multidisciplinary involvement to reduce the LBP incidence and related costs. Key Words: Low Back Pain (LBP); Hospital Members of Staff; Prevalence; Consequences; Risk Factors INTRODUCTIONLow back pain (LBP) is a very frequently occurring phenomenon. Among adults in the general population, 70-85% were believed to experience at least one episode of low back pain at some time during their lives 1 . The direct and indirect costs of LBP in terms of quality of life, productivity, and employee absenteeism are enormous, making this common condition the single largest contributor to musculoskeletal disability world wide 2 . LBP is associated with multiple risk factors, including gender, age, lifestyle, psychosocial profile, physical demands of the workplace, social support, and pain perception 3 . Hospital workers seem to have higher rates of LBP compared to the general population due to physical and emotional factors involved in their occupation, such as stress 4,6 . These rates are not well established in Malaysia. Hence, this purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of LBP among hospital workers in a hospital, query as to its consequences and to identify the risk factors associated with the LBP in this population. MATERIALS AND METHODSSelf-administered questionnaires were used in this survey. For the purposes of this study, health professionals were defined as the 8 largest groups of direct care providers in this hospital: doctors, staff nurses, community nurses, assistant medical officers, attendants, radiographers, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. Staff members in these categories were invited to complete a standardized questionnaire composed of 30 items. The investigation took place over a period of 2 months (from Jan to February 2010). For the survey, LBP was defined as a mechanical pain of the lower part of the back. LBP associated with thigh or buttock pain radiating down the lower limb was also acceptable. Chronic LBP was defined by pain lasting for more than ...

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confidence: 93%

Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Low Back Pain Among Health Care Providers in a District Hospital

Wong¹,

Teo²,

Sing³

2010

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“…In Germany for example, data from a major health insurance company indicate that 56% of all reported sick days of nurses in in-patient units are due to musculoskeletal diseases and thus constitute the most reported cause for sick leave (Grabbe et al, 2005). Similar rates regarding the consequences of back pain have been reported in the USA (Panel on Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace-Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and EducationNational Research Council, 2001), the UK (Smedley et al, 2003) and the Netherlands (Ijzelenberg and Burdorf, 2004). Finally, back complaints are recognised-in the long run-as a leading cause for early retirement (Pattani et al, 2001) which in some regions may worsen the nursing shortage.…”

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confidence: 62%

Back or neck-pain-related disability of nursing staff in hospitals, nursing homes and home care in seven countries—results from the European NEXT-Study

Simon

Tackenberg

Nienhaus

et al. 2008

International Journal of Nursing Studies

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Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are a widespread affliction in the nursing profession. Back or neck-pain-related disability of nursing staff is mainly attributed to physical and psychosocial risk factors. Objectives: To investigate which-and to what extent-physical and psychosocial risk factors are associated with neck/ back-pain-related disability in nursing, and to assess the role of the type of health care institution (hospitals, nursing homes and home care institutions) within different countries in this problem. Design: Cross-sectional secondary analysis of multinational data of nurses and auxiliary staff in hospitals (n ¼ 16,770), nursing homes (n ¼ 2140) and home care institutions (n ¼ 2606) in seven countries from the European NEXT-Study. Methods: Multinomial logistic regression analysis with raw models for each factor and mutually adjusted with all analysed variables. Results: Analysis of the pooled data revealed effort-reward imbalance as the predominant risk factor for disability in all settings (odds ratios for high disability by effort-reward ratio: hospital 5. 05 [4.30-5.93]; nursing home 6.52 [4.04-10.52] and home care 6. 4 [3.83-10.70] [after mutual adjustment of psychosocial and physical risk factors]). In contrast, physical exposure to lifting and bending showed only limited associations with odds ratios below 1.6; the availability and use of lifting aids was-after mutual adjustment-not or only marginally associated with disability. These findings were basically confirmed in separate analyses for all seven countries and types of institutions. Conclusions: The findings show a pronounced association between psychosocial factors and back or neck-pain-related disability. Further research should consider psychosocial factors and should take the setting where nurses work into account. r

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“…In addition many tasks require the nurse to maintain these deviated postural alignments for prolonged periods of time which increases the risk of WMSD [16,23,25]. Transferring of patients requires the nurse to flex their vertebral column for prolonged duration, exerting isometric muscle contraction to maintain their static posture or to slowly lower a heavier patient to the chair (eccentric muscle contractions) [30].…”

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confidence: 99%

Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Nurses: Systematic Review

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2015

J Ergonomics

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Background: With the dwindling numbers of nurses predicted to worsen; attrition from this professional occupation must be curtailed. This systematic review scrutinized the incidence and prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) among nurses as a possible attributing factor of attrition from the occupation. In addition, the examination of different intervention strategies adopted to curb the occurrence of work related musculoskeletal disorders among nurses, specifically physical exercise/therapy.

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Impact of ergonomic intervention on back pain among nurses

Cited by 105 publications

References 18 publications

Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Low Back Pain Among Health Care Providers in a District Hospital

Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Low Back Pain Among Health Care Providers in a District Hospital

Back or neck-pain-related disability of nursing staff in hospitals, nursing homes and home care in seven countries—results from the European NEXT-Study

Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Nurses: Systematic Review

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