Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Risk Factors among Chinese Medical Staff of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Wang, Jingjing; Cui, Ya; He, Lihua; Xu, Xiangrong; Yuan, Zhangfu; Jin, Xianning; Li, Zhimin

doi:10.3390/ijerph14060562

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“…The following factors were found to be associated with chronic NSP among public hospitals workers: workload (long work hours per week), ergonomic factors (bending the neck forward and twisting the neck for long periods of time) and computer-related factors (prolonged computer-using time daily and the keyboard too close to the edge of a desk), which provided some further evidence for the influencing factors for chronic NSP among hospital workers. Different from previous studies [12][13][14] mainly centered on subgroups of hospital workers, this is the first largescale study concerning NSP prevalence, sick leave absence and associated factors among public hospital workers in China with different hospital-level workers and a wide range of possible influencing factors included. The workers were randomly sampled from among all public hospitals in Shandong, China, by stratified cluster sampling method and the response rate of the study was 83.6%, which improves the generalizability of the results.…”

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Prevalence of neck/shoulder pain among public hospital workers in China and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study

Dong

Zhang

Liu

et al. 2020

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Studies have reported that neck and/or shoulder pain (nSp) was prevalent and a non-ignorable occupational health problem in healthcare providers. Considering data deficiency on NSP, we aimed to investigate the prevalence and sick leave absence of NSP among public hospital workers in Shandong, china and to explore the associated factors for chronic nSp. A self-administered questionnaire including the Dutch Musculoskeletal Questionnaire and Modified Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire was filled in by 30,520 hospital workers in 37 hospitals selected randomly from among all public hospitals of Shandong, China. The 12-month prevalence of NSP lasting for at least 3 months and sick leave absence due to NSP among 29,547 public hospital workers was 15.6% and 11.4%, respectively, most frequently reported in tertiary hospital workers (27.4% and 18.9%) and clinicians (19.1% and 15.2%). Log-binomial regression analysis revealed that chronic NSP was significantly associated with hospital level, employment position, contract/temporary employment status (vs. permanent), workload (long work hours per week), ergonomic factors (bending the neck forward for long periods of time, twisting the neck for long periods of time) and computer-related factors (prolonged computer-using time daily, the keyboard too close to the edge of the desk). During the past decades, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) have become common and an unfavorable occupational health problem among healthcare providers 1-4. Studies have shown that MSDs not only could burden society with great costs but also could lead to decreased productivity, illness, disability and other problems 5-8. A systematic review and meta-analysis 6 of including 13 cohort studies revealed that subjects with musculoskeletal disorders of neck or back region had a 17% increase on the rate of developing a chronic disease such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes compared to subjects without (hazard ratio 1.17, 95% confidence interval 1.13-1.22). Neck and/or shoulder pain (NSP), one of MSDs, has also been reported prevalent in healthcare providers and been studied among some occupations in developed and some developing countries. The prevalence of neck pain or discomfort was reported to be 12% among 5269 Taiwanese nurses 2 to 51.9% among 181 New Zealand nurses 9 and shoulders pain or discomfort 17% among 5269 Taiwanese nurses 2 to 48.6% among 347 Iranian hospital nurses 10. In mainland China, considering the large number of the Chinese population and population aging, more and more medical services are needed. Due to the trust in public hospitals established and policy support for many years, most people would rather go to public hospitals rather than private hospitals when seeking medical service 11. From January to November in 2019, the number of visits among all the 11,891 public hospitals and 22,081 private hospitals in mainland China was 2889.5 million and 515.3 million, respectively, and the number of discharged patients was 153.1 million and 31.7 million, respectively 11. But ...

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Prevalence of neck/shoulder pain among public hospital workers in China and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study

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Zhang

Liu

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“…At first, the disorder will cause pain, itchy sensation, numbness, pins and needles sensation, swelling, stiffness, shivering, sleeping disorders, and burning sensation which may affect one's movement. If the muscle becomes the subject of a repetitive static load in a long period of time, the joint, ligament, or tendon will be damaged (1)(2)(3).…”

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The Impact of Work Method on Musculoskeletal Disorders Complaints in Pharmacy Unit

Nasution

Mahyuni

2020

Dis. Prevention and Public Health J.

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Background: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are complaints on parts of skeletal muscle which is perceived by someone ranging from mild to severe. These complaints often occur in the manual process, heavy workload, and work environment interactions that may lead to a non-ergonomic work posture. This study aims to analyze the impact of the work method to MSDs complaints at the pharmacy unit of The University of Sumatera Utara Hospital. Method: This study is an observational survey using a cross-sectional design. The population was all workers in the pharmacy unit of the University of Sumatera Utara Hospital numbered 27 people. Samples were taken from the total population. Data were collected using camera media and direct observation of the work process that took place in the pharmacy unit of USU Hospital. Musculoskeletal complaints were obtained by mapping the pain using Nordic Body Map (NBM). The data obtained were analyzed using a simple logistic regression test to see the impact of the working methods of the pharmacy unit workers on their complaints of musculoskeletal disorders. Results: There was a significant association between work methods in the Pharmacy unit and the MSDs complaints with p-value = 0,001. This was supported by the mean of the work patterns in the pharmacy unit which have a heavy workload and the interaction with the layout according to anthropometry. There was a significant association between the work method causing musculoskeletal complaints when the drug compounding process (p = 0.000). It was evidenced from the result of NBM questionnaire that the three most prevalent complaints of MSDs were pain around the neck, back, and right shoulder. Conclusion: It can be concluded that the static working methods with a heavy workload must be accompanied by a relaxation to avoid burn out and fatigue.

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“…Resultados de estudios en áreas asistenciales de ginecología y obstetricia demuestran que el trastorno osteomuscular es alto al 85.5% donde el segmento corporal más afectado son los hombros (n = 575, 62.0%), el cuello (n = 560, 60.3%) y la zona lumbar (n = 504, 54.3%) (Wang et al, 2017). En el mismo sentido Guimarães y Felli (2016), confirman a los factores individuales, posturales, trabajo-medioambientales y psicosociales como posibles generadores del daño.…”

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Modelo Logit para la Presencia de Problemas Osteomusculares en Trabajadores del Sector Hospitalario

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El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar condiciones sociodemográficas y laborales asociadas a problemas osteomusculares en trabajadores del sector hospitalario. Se realizó un Modelo Logit para determinar las variables sociodemográficas y laborales que influyen en la presencia de problemas osteomusculares en un grupo de 123 trabajadores del sector salud. Para el análisis de los resultados se calcularon estadísticas descriptivas, se realizó un diagrama de Pareto, y se ajustó un modelo Logit. La variable respuesta corresponde a la presencia de problemas osteomusculares y se realizaron gráficos de mosaico entre la presencia de problemas osteomusculares y las variables que resultaron significativas en el modelo. Los resultados indican que los problemas osteomusculares de mayor presencia son problemas en las manos y dolor en los huesos y el Modelo Logit muestra que el género, la antigüedad laboral y la responsabilidad del cargo influyen en la presencia de problemas osteomusculares.

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Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Risk Factors among Chinese Medical Staff of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Cited by 43 publications

References 28 publications

Prevalence of neck/shoulder pain among public hospital workers in China and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study

Prevalence of neck/shoulder pain among public hospital workers in China and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study

The Impact of Work Method on Musculoskeletal Disorders Complaints in Pharmacy Unit

Modelo Logit para la Presencia de Problemas Osteomusculares en Trabajadores del Sector Hospitalario

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