Low back pain in emergency ambulance workers in tertiary hospitals in China and its risk factors among ambulance nurses: a cross-sectional study

Zhang, Qiong; Dong, Hongyun; Zhu, Chunji; Liu, Guangzeng

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029264

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“…Previous studies have suggested that psychological demand from the job is associated with LBP [20][21][22]. In our study, after adjusting for other potential factors associated with LBP, there was an association between psychological demand from the job and LBP that needed medical treatment.…”

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Low Back Pain and Associated Occupational Factors among Nursery School Teachers: A Multicenter, Cross-sectional Study

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a BStra ct BacKgrOUnD Low back pain (LBP) is an important problem in occupational health, but little is known about LBP in nursery school teachers. MetHODS To determine the prevalence of LBP that needed medical treatment, LBP in their lifetime, factors associated with LBP, and work environment in nursery school teachers, we performed a cross-sectional study at Sakyo-ku in Kyoto City. We used multivariable logistic regression models to assess factors associated with LBP that needed medical treatment during the year. reSUltS Of 410 teachers in 21 nursery schools, 154 (37.6%) participated in the study. Sixty-four teachers (41.8%) had LBP that needed medical treatment during the year, and 128 (83.7%) had LBP in their lifetime. As factors associated with LBP, age (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] [per 10-year increase], 1.48; 95% confidence interval [95%CI], 1.06-2.07), unnatural posture (AOR, 5.14; 95%CI, 1.51-17.45), mental health (AOR, 1.89; 95%CI, 1.07-3.33), and psychological demand from job (AOR, 1.92; 95%CI, 1.24-2.97) were suggested. Three of 15 nursery schools employed industrial physicians, and precautions of LBP were taken in two schools. cOnclUSiOnS Further investigations if intervention of these factors associated with LBP as work management to prevent LBP in nursery schools reduced their LBP are required.

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Low Back Pain and Associated Occupational Factors among Nursery School Teachers: A Multicenter, Cross-sectional Study

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“…In our study, 25 items of the original 49-item JCQ were adopted and consisted of four components: workplace social support including coworker support and supervisor support, job control including skill discretion and decision-making authority, psychological job demand, and job insecurity. The Chinese version of JCQ was widely used in China and more details could be found at our previous study [31]. The Cronbach's alpha of our final questionnaire was 0.89 for work characteristics, 0.85 for sleep quality and 0.65 to 0.93 for components of occupational stress.…”

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“…In the healthcare industry, stress is pervasive in the workplace [29,30]. Nurses, especially emergency nurses, experience high mental stress from their work due to the fact of fast work pace and many emergencies [31]. Therefore, stress might contribute largely to the development of poor sleep among emergency nurses.…”

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“…In Mainland China, the emergency department is the first-line place to treat critical, serious and urgent patients and also the basic component of a whole city emergency network. But considering the shortage of emergency nurses, population aging, the large population base and patients' inclination of going to large hospitals when face emergencies [31,32], the workload of emergency nurses might be very heavy, especially in general hospitals, which would extend the working hours or speed up the rhythms of work and may make nurses suffer more from sleep problems. And now little information is available about the current sleep status of emergency nurses in Mainland China, although previous studies conducted in 2015 reported high prevalence of poor sleep in the emergency department in China [23,24].…”

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Sleep quality of nurses in the emergency department of public hospitals in China and its influencing factors: a cross-sectional study

Dong

Zhang

Zhu

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Background: Studies have shown that poor sleep could result in many unpleasant consequences and is prevalent in nurses. Considering the fact of high stress, overwhelming workload and many night shifts in the emergency department in China, this study aimed to evaluate the current status of emergency nurses' sleep quality in public hospitals in Shandong, China and explored its influencing factors. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire incorporating the Job Content Questionnaire and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was conducted among 4856 emergency nurses in five randomly selected city emergency command systems in Shandong, China. The association of potential influencing factors, including occupational, psychosocial and individual factors, with poor sleep (PSQI> 5) was quantified by multivariate logistic regression analysis. Results: The average PSQI score of 4730 emergency nurses in public hospitals was 8.2 ± 3.9, including 3114 (65.8%) subjects with PSQI > 5 and 2905 (61.4%) > 8; these figures were found highest for 337 emergency nurses in 14 tertiary hospitals with 11.8 ± 4.3, 257 (76.3%) and 232 (68.8%), followed by 1044 emergency nurses in 43 secondary hospitals with 9.5 ± 3.9, 725 (69.4%) and 675 (64.7%) and 3349 emergency nurses in 167 primary hospitals with 7.4 ± 3.5, 2132 (63.7%) and 1998 (59.7%). The following factors were associated with poor sleep: hospital level (tertiary vs. primary, secondary vs. primary), female sex, less of exercise, long work hours per week, many patients in the charge of at night, high monthly night shift frequency (4-6 vs. never, ≥7 vs. never) and high occupational stress. Conclusions: The sleep quality of emergency nurses in public hospitals in China was poor, especially in tertiary hospitals. Many factors as listed above, especially occupational stress, night shift taking and workload at night, should be considered when improving emergency nurses' sleep quality.

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“…Owing to the nature of their job nurses are considered among the groups at high risk for LBP [7][8][9]. Several studies identi ed work-related factors such as lifting and mobilizing patients, inappropriate work design, sustained postures, decreased social support, low job satisfaction, and inadequate sta ng as the main risk factors for LBP among nurses [10][11][12]. It has also been found that LBP adversely in uences the productivity of nurses and thus undermines the overall quality of healthcare services provided to bene ciaries [13].…”

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Non- Specific Low Back Pain among Nurses in Qassim, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Elmannan

AlHindi

AlBaltan

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Background: Non-specific Low back pain (LBP) is a complex and multifactorial health problem. Evidence has shown that LBP is an important occupational hazard and nurses are particularly at high risk. While several studies have addressed the prevalence of LBP worldwide, the prevalence of LBP in Saudi Arabia remains unclear. In this study we aimed to estimate the prevalence and associated factors of LBP among nurses in Qassim region, Saudi Arabia.Methods: This was a multicenter cross-sectional study carried out in four major public hospitals in Qassim region. A total of 323 nurses were recruited through a two-stage sampling method. A previously validated questionnaire was used to gather data. The main outcome measures were; LBP prevalence during working life, demographic factors, life-style factors, work-related factors and psychological factors. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to determine factors independently associated with LBP.Results: The study showed that LBP prevalence was 65.6% (n = 212). Over one third of study participants sought treatment for LBP (n = 82, 38.7%). Age and the type of ward were found significantly associated with LBP (aOR: 0.39; 95% CI: 0.19, 0.77; p value = 0.007) & (aOR: 0.36; 95%CI: 0.15, 0.86; p value = 0.02), respectively. However, gender, working hours, number of patients, stress and smoking were not identified as LBP risk factors in this study.Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that LBP is a highly prevalent occupational health problem among nurses in Qassim. Young nurses 20–30 years are more likely to suffer from LBP, while nurses working in the general surgery wards have lower risk for LBP in this study. On-the-job training is essential particularly for new and young nurses on proper body mechanics when mobilizing patients or lifting heavy equipment. In addition, there is a need for evidence –based interventions to improve the work-place environment for nurses in hospitals in order to lower LBP prevalence.

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Low back pain in emergency ambulance workers in tertiary hospitals in China and its risk factors among ambulance nurses: a cross-sectional study

Cited by 40 publications

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Low Back Pain and Associated Occupational Factors among Nursery School Teachers: A Multicenter, Cross-sectional Study

Low Back Pain and Associated Occupational Factors among Nursery School Teachers: A Multicenter, Cross-sectional Study

Sleep quality of nurses in the emergency department of public hospitals in China and its influencing factors: a cross-sectional study

Non- Specific Low Back Pain among Nurses in Qassim, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study

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