Risk factors and musculoskeletal complaints in non-specialized nurses, IC nurses, operation room nurses, and X-ray technologists

Bos, Ellen; Krol, Boudien; Star, Lex van der; Groothoff, Johan W.

doi:10.1007/s00420-006-0121-8

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“…Low back pain prevalence is 76% in the Netherlands, [18] 70.9% in Kuwait, [19] 57.7% in Tunisia, [7] 46% in Ice- [20,21] and 38.9% in Hong Kong [22] in the literature. Altınel et al found the lifetime low back pain prevalence as 47% and annual low back pain prevalence as 34.3% among 268 healthcare professionals.…”

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain among Health-care Workers in Denizli

Şimşek¹,

Yağcı

Şenol³

2017

Agri

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SummaryObjectives: The purpose of this study was to examine personal, occupational, and psychosocial risk factors affecting prevalence of low back pain in healthcare workers. Methods: Study included total of 1682 participants (1010 female, 672 male) working at Denizli State Hospital. Low back pain section of Standardized Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (SNMA) was used to evaluate recent occurrence, pain experienced within previous year, and over lifetime. Perceived Stress Scale and Job Satisfaction Scale were also administered. Results: Prevalence of lifetime low back pain in healthcare workers was determined to be 53% based on SNMA. It was observed that low back pain was most common among medical secretaries (56.9%). Advanced age, female gender, high body mass index (p=0.002), being married (p=0.0001), lack of regular exercise (p=0.009), working for more than 4 hours while standing (p=0.012) or sitting at desk (p=0.021), using computer for more than 4 hours (p=0.0001), greater number of years of service (p=0.001), and low job satisfaction (p=0.001) were found to be factors increasing low back pain risk. Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that healthcare workers are among group with high risk of low back pain.Keywords: Healthcare workers; low back pain; prevalence; risk factors. ÖzetAmaç: Sağlık çalışanlarında bel ağrısı prevalansını, etkileyen kişisel, işle ilişkili ve psikososyal risk faktörlerini incelemektir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmamıza Denizli Devlet Hastanesi'nde görev yapan, çalışmaya katılmayı kabul eden 1010 kadın ve 672 erkek toplam 1682 katılımcı dâhil edildi. Nokta ve yıllık prevalansın değerlendirilmesinde Standardize Nordik Muskuloskeletal Anketinin (SNMA) genel bölümünde yer alan bel ağrısı ile ilgili kısım kullanıldı. Psikososyal faktörlerin değerlendirilmesi kapsamında, katılımcıların stres düzeyi 'Algılanan Stres Ölçeği' , iş memnuniyeti 'İş Doyum Ölçeği' kullanılarak gerekli veriler elde edildi. Bulgular: Sağlık çalışanlarında yaşam boyu bel ağrısı prevalansı %53 olarak saptandı. En fazla bel ağrısının tıbbi sekreterlerde (%56,9) olduğu tespit edildi. İleri yaş, kadın cinsiyet, Vücut Kitle İndeksinin (VKİ) yüksek olması (p=0,002), evli olmak ve egzersiz alışkanlığının olmaması (p=0,009), ayakta durarak (p=0,012) ve oturarak 4 saatten fazla çalışma (p=0,021), 4 saatten fazla bilgisayar kullanma (p=0,001), artmış hizmet yılı (p=0,001) ve iş memnuniyetinin az olması (p=0,001) bel ağrısı riskini artıran faktörler olarak saptandı. Sonuç: Çalışmamız sağlık çalışanlarının bel ağrısı açısından yüksek risk grubunda olduğunu göstermiştir.Anahtar sözcükler: Sağlık çalışanları; bel ağrısı; prevalans; risk faktörleri.

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain among Health-care Workers in Denizli

Şimşek¹,

Yağcı

Şenol³

2017

Agri

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“…This is in accord with the findings of Meijsen et al 30) on the low back pain prevalence in OR nurses that was 58% and the other studies conducted on health care workers 15, 18-20, 22-23, 25, 42) . Bos et al 32) found higher prevalence of the lower back in the OR nurse (76.6%) that could be due to different assignments and variety of tasks. Taking the long hours of continuous work of the OR nurses with standing posture into consideration, a high rate of reported symptoms in knees and ankles/feet was expected.…”

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Perceived Demands and Musculoskeletal Disorders in Operating Room Nurses of Shiraz City Hospitals

Movahed²,

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“…MSDs are usually caused by vibration, force exertion, repetitive tasks and working in an awkward posture [4]. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated MSDs is a main occupational health problem in nurses [5,6]. MSDs can have a rigorous consequence on quality of life and may result in work constraints, absenteeism or even the want to change jobs [7].…”

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Evaluation of the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in nurses: A systematic review

Soylar¹,

Özer²

2018

Med-Science

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Nurses exposure many risk factors in the hospital setting. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) is a common health problem between work related disabilities and injuries in nurses. The aim of this review was to examine the prevalence of MSDs in nurses and also summarize risk factors, outcomes, solutions. An electronic search was conducted in Pub Med in January 2017. Publications in the last ten years were researched using the key words: "Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders" and "Nurses". The initial electronic search identified 111 papers. Some articles were excluded since they were not related to our study topic (7 articles were review, 15 of them were related to the roles of nurses in some musculoskeletal disorders, 14 articles were about nurses who working outside the hospital or new graduated/student, 28 articles addressed work related other health problems, 3 of them were related to hospital ergonomics and risk factors and 7 articles were interventions studies). Three papers were not reached to full text or abstract. The total number of remaining articles was 34 and all of them were included the study. It was considered that reported musculoskeletal disorders in nurses were limited to the past 12 months. It had been found that the prevalence of MSDs varied between 33.0% and 88.0%. The most commonly affected body regions were lower back, shoulder, neck, knees, wrists/hands. Lower back pain complaints were found to vary between 49.0% and 84.0%. The findings indicated that the work related musculoskeletal disorders associated with cumulative trauma and repetitive tasks included: lifting, transferring or repositioning, prolonged standing and also awkward postures (stooping, bending and reaching). These work-related health problems in nurses were significantly associated with age, gender, body mass index, ward, shift working and working in a hospital. Studies showed that musculoskeletal disorders were most seen among the operation room nurses and intensive care nurses. Also, MSDs were found to be the main causes of absenteeism, demanding a change of duty or job and visiting a physician. The MSDs was more prevalent occupational health problem among nurses. The prevalence of MSDs was associated with both demographic characteristics of nurses and hospitals' organizational factors. It was confirmed that making ergonomics interventions could improve the working environment in the hospital.

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Risk factors and musculoskeletal complaints in non-specialized nurses, IC nurses, operation room nurses, and X-ray technologists

Cited by 143 publications

References 16 publications

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain among Health-care Workers in Denizli

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain among Health-care Workers in Denizli

Perceived Demands and Musculoskeletal Disorders in Operating Room Nurses of Shiraz City Hospitals

Evaluation of the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in nurses: A systematic review

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