Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With Low Back Pain Among Health Care Providers in a Kuwait Hospital

Landry, Michel D.; Raman, Sudha R.; Sulway, Christopher; Golightly, Yvonne M.; Hamdan, Elham

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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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“…In contrast, "working with confused or agitated patients," "reaching or working away from the body" and "inadequate training in injury prevention" were not cited as important factors [7,21]. Landry et al [25] have found that > 75% of healthcare workers stated that LBP was related to work duties. Low back pain was associated with a direct patient contact and performing patient lifts/transfers.…”

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Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among physical therapists: A comprehensive narrative review

Milhem

Kalichman

Ezra

et al. 2016

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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Healthcare workers, especially those with direct patient contact are amongst professions with the highest rate of workrelated musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), physical therapists (PTs) being one of them. Our objective was to review current knowledge relating to the prevalence, risk factors and prevention of WMSDs among PTs. Pubmed, Google Scholar and PEDro databases were searched for terms relating to WMSDs in PTs from inception to 2015. The prevalence of WMSDs among PTs was high, with lifetime prevalence reported as 55-91%, and 12-month prevalence ranges 40-91.3%, and the lower back as the most frequently affected, with estimates of a lifetime prevalence ranging 26-79.6%, and a 12-month prevalence ranging 22-73.1%, followed most often by the neck, upper back and shoulders. The major risk factors for workrelated low back pain (LBP) were: lifting, transferring, repetitive movements, awkward and static postures, physical load, treating a large number of patients in a single day and working while injured. Low back pain seems to be age-and genderrelated with a higher prevalence in females, younger PTs and PTs working in rehabilitation settings. Physical therapists, as a consequence of work-related LBP, may seek treatment, modify their daily living and leisure (lifestyle) activities, use aids and equipment or change their specialty area either within the profession or by leaving it. Skills and knowledge as to correct body mechanics do not prevent work-related injuries. Mechanical aids used for a patient transfer should be adopted by PTs and new strategies should be developed to reduce their WMSDs without compromising the quality of treatment. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2016;29(5):735-747

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“…LBP is associated with multiple risk factors, including gender, age, lifestyle, psychosocial profile, physical demands of the workplace, social support, and pain perception 3 . Hospital workers seem to have higher rates of LBP compared to the general population due to physical and emotional factors involved in their occupation, such as stress 4,6 . These rates are not well established in Malaysia.…”

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Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Low Back Pain Among Health Care Providers in a District Hospital

Wong¹,

Teo²,

Sing³

2010

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Study design: A cross-sectional study among health care providers working at one hospital. Objective: To investigate the prevalence, the consequences and the risk factors associated with low back pain (LBP) among hospital staff. Materials and Methods:The study sample consisted of 931 health care providers who answered a pre-established questionnaire including 30 items in two languages. Results:The cumulative life-prevalence of LBP was 72.5% and the yearly prevalence was 56.9%. Chronic LBP prevalence was noted 5.1% of the cases. Treatment was sought in 34.1% of LBP sufferers and 7.3% required sick leave or absence from work due to LBP. Risk factors associated with LBP were professional categories, bad body posture, lifting objects or patients and the increased levels of lifting, levels of job satisfaction and stressful job demands. Conclusion: There was a high prevalence of LBP among hospital staff, resulting in significant medical and socio-professional consequences. Many risk factors were identified that would necessitate multidisciplinary involvement to reduce the LBP incidence and related costs. Key Words: Low Back Pain (LBP); Hospital Members of Staff; Prevalence; Consequences; Risk Factors INTRODUCTIONLow back pain (LBP) is a very frequently occurring phenomenon. Among adults in the general population, 70-85% were believed to experience at least one episode of low back pain at some time during their lives 1 . The direct and indirect costs of LBP in terms of quality of life, productivity, and employee absenteeism are enormous, making this common condition the single largest contributor to musculoskeletal disability world wide 2 . LBP is associated with multiple risk factors, including gender, age, lifestyle, psychosocial profile, physical demands of the workplace, social support, and pain perception 3 . Hospital workers seem to have higher rates of LBP compared to the general population due to physical and emotional factors involved in their occupation, such as stress 4,6 . These rates are not well established in Malaysia. Hence, this purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of LBP among hospital workers in a hospital, query as to its consequences and to identify the risk factors associated with the LBP in this population. MATERIALS AND METHODSSelf-administered questionnaires were used in this survey. For the purposes of this study, health professionals were defined as the 8 largest groups of direct care providers in this hospital: doctors, staff nurses, community nurses, assistant medical officers, attendants, radiographers, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. Staff members in these categories were invited to complete a standardized questionnaire composed of 30 items. The investigation took place over a period of 2 months (from Jan to February 2010). For the survey, LBP was defined as a mechanical pain of the lower part of the back. LBP associated with thigh or buttock pain radiating down the lower limb was also acceptable. Chronic LBP was defined by pain lasting for more than ...

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Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With Low Back Pain Among Health Care Providers in a Kuwait Hospital

Cited by 64 publications

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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

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among physical therapists: A comprehensive narrative review

Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Low Back Pain Among Health Care Providers in a District Hospital

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