Epidemiology of low back pain in Chinese nurses

Chiou, Wen‐Ko; Wong, May‐Kuen; Lee, Yung-Hui

doi:10.1016/0020-7489(94)90076-0

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“…These findings are consistent with previous reports indicating manual patient handling, transferring or moving as important predictors of musculoskeletal disorders and low back pain among nurses. [32][33][34][35] Manual handling is a particularly important issue in nursing, because staff must meet the demands of patients at any time. 37 Furthermore, many patient-related manual handling activities need to be undertaken in less than ideal spaces and in suboptimal time frames.…”

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Work related musculoskeletal disorders among hospital nurses in rural Maharashtra, India: a multi centre survey

Anap

Iyer²,

Rao³

2013

Int J Res Med Sci

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Work related musculoskeletal disorders among hospital nurses in rural Maharashtra, India: a multi centre survey

Anap

Iyer²,

Rao³

2013

Int J Res Med Sci

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“…Patient handling is a particularly important issue in nursing, because nurses must meet the demands of patients at any time (30). Moreover, many patient handling activities need to be undertaken in less than ideal spaces and in suboptimal time frames (31).…”

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Risk Assessment of Musculoskeletal Disorders Related to Patient Transfer Tasks Using the Direct Nurse Observation Instrument Method

Farrokhi

Habibi

Mansourian

2016

Jundishapur J Health Sci

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“…Despite their high frequency and associated potential for occupational health problems, few epidemiological studies have investigated MSD risk factors among Alexandria nursing professionals. Even though many literature are available on Work related Musculoskeletal Disorder (WMSD), [4][5][6][7][8][9][10] there is not much studies exist in MSD. This study aims to identify the risk factors for the development of musculoskeletal disorder, andto determine the coping strategies nurses use to reduce thesedisorders.…”

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Musculoskeletal disorder: Risk factors and coping strategies among nurses

Salama¹,

Eleshenamie²

2018

JNEP

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Background: It is established that nurses suffer from varying degrees of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) at different regions of their body, which results in frequent loss of work days. Aim of study is to identify the risk factors for developing musculoskeletal disorder and to determine the coping strategies to reduce their frequency. Methods: This study was conducted in the Outpatient Departments (OPDs), intensive care units of University Hospital and also from the nursing schoolof the Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria, Egypt. Results: A high proportion of nurses reported MSD (99.0%) during the last year. Also during their whole careers at one or the other body regions, with the shoulder (97.0%) and Neck (95.0%) being the most commonly affected. Nurses with more than two pregnancies and usage of computer for more than two years were those with the most perceived risk factors for MSD. The usage of different part of body by the nurses as a coping mechanism during the nursing procedures (34.0%) and change of posture (30.0%) were the top two statistically significant coping strategies. Conclusions: The study confirms very high prevalence of MSD among the nursing staff and it was prominent at some specific body parts, of which neck and shoulder were the most affected.

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Epidemiology of low back pain in Chinese nurses

Cited by 67 publications

References 6 publications

Work related musculoskeletal disorders among hospital nurses in rural Maharashtra, India: a multi centre survey

Work related musculoskeletal disorders among hospital nurses in rural Maharashtra, India: a multi centre survey

Risk Assessment of Musculoskeletal Disorders Related to Patient Transfer Tasks Using the Direct Nurse Observation Instrument Method

Musculoskeletal disorder: Risk factors and coping strategies among nurses

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