Prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders among Tunisian nurses.
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Musculoskeletal Diseases
/ epidemiology
Nurses
/ statistics & numerical data
Nursing Staff
/ statistics & numerical data
Occupational Diseases
/ epidemiology
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tunisia
/ epidemiology
Young Adult
Journal
La Tunisie medicale
ISSN: 2724-7031
Titre abrégé: Tunis Med
Pays: Tunisia
ID NLM: 0413766
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2020
Mar 2020
Historique:
entrez:
13
5
2020
pubmed:
13
5
2020
medline:
9
9
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Musculoskeletal problems depict essentially the most worrying difficulties inside work health today. To evaluate the prevalence of musculoskeltal issues and to search relationships with individual characteristics and work-related risk factors among two public hospitals nurses in Sousse. It is a descriptive-correlational investigation based on a self-administered questionnaire destined for all nurses working in two public hospitals of Sousse. The potential risk of musculoskeletal issues was examined by logistical regression. The prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) over the last twelve months was 48.1%. Musculoskeletal problems developed mainly in low back (68.5%), upper back (36.9%), and knees (34.5%). The Chi-square test indicated that MSD is associated with female gender (p = 0.01), being single (p = 0.013), high BMI (p <0.001), seniority (p =0.001), repetitive work (p = 0.004), prolonged standing position (p = 0.007), intense physical effort (p <0.001), lifting heavy loads (p = 0.002), uncomfortable position (p = 0.008) and low social support (p <0.001). The logistic regression analysis showed that intense physical exertion (OR= 7.72, 95% CI: 2.98 - 19.97) and job-strain (OR= 3.24, 95% CI: 2.98 - 19.97) represent risk factors related to MSD. A high amount of Tunisian nursing staff in this survey complained of musculoskeletal issues considering the low back pain most often affected. Education courses on prevention and coping approaches for musculoskeletal problems are appropriate for nurses as a way to minimize the rate of work risks and even promote performance patient care.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Musculoskeletal problems depict essentially the most worrying difficulties inside work health today.
AIMS
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the prevalence of musculoskeltal issues and to search relationships with individual characteristics and work-related risk factors among two public hospitals nurses in Sousse.
METHODS
METHODS
It is a descriptive-correlational investigation based on a self-administered questionnaire destined for all nurses working in two public hospitals of Sousse. The potential risk of musculoskeletal issues was examined by logistical regression.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) over the last twelve months was 48.1%. Musculoskeletal problems developed mainly in low back (68.5%), upper back (36.9%), and knees (34.5%). The Chi-square test indicated that MSD is associated with female gender (p = 0.01), being single (p = 0.013), high BMI (p <0.001), seniority (p =0.001), repetitive work (p = 0.004), prolonged standing position (p = 0.007), intense physical effort (p <0.001), lifting heavy loads (p = 0.002), uncomfortable position (p = 0.008) and low social support (p <0.001). The logistic regression analysis showed that intense physical exertion (OR= 7.72, 95% CI: 2.98 - 19.97) and job-strain (OR= 3.24, 95% CI: 2.98 - 19.97) represent risk factors related to MSD.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
A high amount of Tunisian nursing staff in this survey complained of musculoskeletal issues considering the low back pain most often affected. Education courses on prevention and coping approaches for musculoskeletal problems are appropriate for nurses as a way to minimize the rate of work risks and even promote performance patient care.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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