Prevalence And Risk Factors Of Low Back Pain Among Nurses In Africa: Nigerian And Ethiopian Specialized Hospitals Survey Study

Lamina, Sikiru; Shmaila, Hanif

doi:10.4314/eajph.v6i1.45737

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“…According to the results, LBP was reported by 59% of nurses in the previous 12 months at baseline, which is lower than similar reports among nursing personnel in Greece (75%) [18], The Netherlands (62%) [18], Nigeria (73.5%) [19], Malaysia (79.4%) [20], and higher than research in Italy (44%) [21], Hong Kong (40.6%) [22], and New Zealand (57%) [23]. Two studies among nurses in Iran have shown LBP prevalence is 54.9% and 73.2% [24,25].…”

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Do Psychological Factors Increase the Risk for Low Back Pain Among Nurses? A Comparing According to Cross-sectional and Prospective Analysis

Sadeghian

Hosseinzadeh

Aliyari

2014

Safety and Health at Work

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BackgroundThis study assesses influences of baseline psychological risk factors on prevalence of low back pain (LBP) at baseline and follow-up among nurses.MethodsA prospective longitudinal study was performed at two phases, baseline and 1-year follow-up among 246 nurses of university hospitals in Shahroud, Iran. A standardized Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability questionnaire was used for data collection. Logistic regression was performed for analysis.ResultsAt the baseline of the study, 58.9% of nurses reported back pain in the previous 12 months. Age (p = 0.001), belief that work causes pain (p = 0.022), and somatization tendency (p = 0.002) significantly increased risk of LBP. At 1-year follow-up, prevalence of LBP was 45.7% and expectation of back pain at baseline (p = 0.016) significantly increased risk of LBP in this phase (p < 0.05).ConclusionResults indicate that risk factors for prevalence of back pain at baseline and 1-year follow-up are different. At baseline, the risk factors are age, belief that work causes pain, and somatization tendency, and at follow-up, expectation of pain is the major risk factor.

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Do Psychological Factors Increase the Risk for Low Back Pain Among Nurses? A Comparing According to Cross-sectional and Prospective Analysis

Sadeghian

Hosseinzadeh

Aliyari

2014

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“…Previous studies have documented different rates of LBP over a 12-month period, ranging between 19 and 80 % [4]. The highest rates, which were higher than our finding, were from Greece (75 %) [25], Nigeria (73.5 %) [27], Germany (73 %) [28], Turkey (69 %) [29], Sweden (64 %) [26], and Italy (60 %) [30]. On the other hand, comparable rates of LBP were 59 % in Australia [31], 56 % in China [32], 48 % in Canada [33], 40 % in England [34], 41.1 % in France [35], 40.6 % in Hong Kong [36], and 29 % in the United States [37].…”

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Prevalence, consequences and predictors of low back pain among nurses in a tertiary care setting

Abolfotouh

Mahmoud

Faraj

et al. 2015

International Orthopaedics (SICOT)

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Frequency and severity of low back pain in nurses working in intensive care units and influential factors

Ovayolu¹,

Ovayolu²,

Genc³

et al. 2013

Pak J Med Sci

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Objective: The purpose of this research was to determine the frequency and severity of low back pain and influencing factors in nurses working in intensive care units. Methods: This research was conducted as a cross-sectional study with 114 nurses working in the intensive care units in the province of Gaziantep, Turkey. Study data were collected using a questionnaire form and visual analogue scale. Results: It was found that 84.2% of the nurses experienced low back pain, and 66.7% of the nurses evaluated this pain as “a pain with moderate severity”. It was determined that nurses who had not received any education on low back pain, who remained standing for long periods of time, who performed interventions that required bending forward, who lifted and repositioned patients, and who did not use any aiding equipment during interventions, experienced more pain and had higher average pain scores. In addition, average pain scores were higher among nurses with master’s and doctorate degrees, and those working in internal medicine and pediatric intensive care units and working in shifts. Conclusion: It was observed that many of the nurses working in intensive care units experienced low back pain, and especially those working in internal medicine and pediatric intensive care units and working in shifts had higher average pain scores.

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Prevalence And Risk Factors Of Low Back Pain Among Nurses In Africa: Nigerian And Ethiopian Specialized Hospitals Survey Study

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Do Psychological Factors Increase the Risk for Low Back Pain Among Nurses? A Comparing According to Cross-sectional and Prospective Analysis

Do Psychological Factors Increase the Risk for Low Back Pain Among Nurses? A Comparing According to Cross-sectional and Prospective Analysis

Prevalence, consequences and predictors of low back pain among nurses in a tertiary care setting

Frequency and severity of low back pain in nurses working in intensive care units and influential factors

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