Musculoskeletal pain in operating room nurses: Associations with quality of work life, working posture, socio-demographic and job characteristics

The global prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among operating room personnel: A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…All included studies were written in English. In addition, two studies were conducted in Iran, 22,26 two in Saudi Arabia, 27,28 two in the U.S., 29,30 two in the Netherlands, 31,32 one in Italy, 33 one in Switzerland, 25 and one in the Gaza Strip. 34 Besides, the location was not specified in one study ( Table 1).…”

Ergonomic Challenges in the Perioperative Setting

“…Researchers used a variety of data collection methods, including survey, 15,16,20,23,24,25 survey with a physical examination, 26 survey with an observation, 17-19 survey with an observation and a skills checklist, 22 survey with observations and interviews, 21 and observations 27 …”

“…Some recent literature addressed the ergonomic risks that surgeons face in the OR, 23,28,29 and multiple studies included perioperative personnel 16‐22,24‐27 . However, few of the studies we reviewed focused on perioperative nurses, 17,18,22 and one study conducted in the Netherlands focused on operating assistants— non‐nurse team members who functioned in the circulator, scrub person, and first assistant roles 20 . Researchers studied either the perioperative work environment 21,24,25,27 or musculoskeletal disorders and posture of perioperative workers 16-19,20,22,26 …”

“…In 2019, the third group of researchers used the REBA tool, the NMQ, and the QWL questionnaire to study the relationships between posture and musculoskeletal pain among 147 OR nurses 18 . In addition, these researchers explored associations between musculoskeletal pain and contributing factors (eg, QWL, posture, demographics).…”

Estudo Comparativo Dos Impactos Ergonômicos Da Utilização De Processos Físicos E Eletrônicos No Poder Judiciário

“…Atividades não ergonômicas impactam no processo, pois o homem é parte do sistema; torna-se, então, fundamental conhecer e estudar o fator humano para assegurar o bom funcionamento do serviço (MORAES E MONT' ALVÃO, 2010). Muitos trabalhos demonstram a relação direta entre ergonomia e qualidade (KADEFORS et al, 1996;LIN et al, 2001;DRURY, 2003;TONG et al, 2005;FALCK et al, 2010;ASGHARI et al, 2019). Iida (2016) enumera alguns benefícios da ergonomia como: a redução do absenteísmo e o aumento da qualidade e da produtividade.…”