The Prevalence of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among the Nurses in Dubai: Occupational Health Study

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among nurses at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in Guyana

“…These findings were also consistent with the present study findings. 17 However, Kalkim, Midilli, and Dogru (2019) cross-sectional study differ from the current study findings, whereby nurses over 40 years were more affected by WMSD . 82 Further, Serranheira, Sousa-Uva, and Sousa-Uva (2015) study among Portuguese nurses were also consistent with the study findings at the GPHC, whereby most of the nurses who reported more than one symptom of WMSD were females (78.5%), and lower back pain was the most prevalent complaint among the nurses (60.9%).…”

“…These findings also emphasized the importance of the nursing administration at the GPHC to closely observe the younger nurses working in the different healthcare settings at the institution to determine why these nurses were more affected by WMSD than the older nurses and offer solutions to mitigate or reduce the prevalence of WMSD among nurses in the workplace. However, Passali et al (2018) study among nurses in Greek hospitals varies from the present study findings since RN with (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20) years of work experience had a higher risk of developing WMSD than their younger colleagues. 27 Further analysis of the study findings revealed that a large proportion of the nurses who were affected by WMSD at the GPHC did not report sick/absent from work (72.0%), compared to the small proportion of nurses who reported sick/absent from work (28.0%) due to musculoskeletal pain in the lower back.…”

“…Also, the nurses who reported WMSD (with lower back pain being the most common type of WMSD) at the GPHC were females, which made up a large proportion (92.3%) of the study population compared to males, which made up the remaining (7.7%) of the study population. Similar findings were also seen in the study done byNaushad et al (2019), whereby more female nurses participated in the research compared to male nurses 17.…”

“…The first article selected was a cross-sectional study done by Yao et al (2019) Dubai. 17,23,24 The study findings also revealed that the lower back was the most affected body region (63.1%), followed by cervical, dorsal, shoulders, and the wrist or hand. More so, in the same period, absenteeism related to these complaints was high (51.4%) and was strongly Additionally, nursing shortages are also related to the increased risk of musculoskeletal disorders among nursing professionals during work, and the complexity of patient care places nurses at high-risk for injury, also listed as an occupational risk for WMSD.…”

“…and multivariate analyses to prove that physical exercise, working night shift, and staying up late were associated with WMSD among nurses 16. At the same time,Naushad et al (2019) conducted a study to explore the risk factors The study was carried out among 2851 nurses working in the departments of internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, emergency, intensive care, and operating rooms.The study findings revealed there was a high prevalence of WMSD (78.58%) among the nurses. The prevalence of WMSD was 63.36% in the waist, 61.79% in the neck, 52.52% in the shoulder, 41.83% in the back, 35.56% in the knees, 33.35% in the ankles, 26.02% in the wrists, 23.41% in the hip, and 17.62% in the elbows 22.…”