Increased low back pain risk in nurses with high workload for patient care: A questionnaire survey
Objective: To examine whether the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) increased in hospital nurses with high patient care workload. Materials and Methods: A structured, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information on the prevalence of LBP and its associated factors from 788 register...
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| author | Shwn-Huey Shieh Fung-Chang Sung Chia-Hsien Su Yafang Tsai Vivian Chia-Rong Hsieh |
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| description | Objective: To examine whether the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) increased in hospital nurses with high patient care workload.
Materials and Methods: A structured, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information on the prevalence of LBP and its associated factors from 788 registered nurses from a medical center in Taiwan.
Results: Among all nurses with eligible questionnaires, 567 (72.0%) had LBP. Mean daily hours of working, standing, and walking were persistently longer in the LBP group. Results from multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that daily working for 1 hour longer is linked to a 35% (95% confidence interval (CI) = 2–78%) greater risk of LBP. Compared with <2 years of service as nurse, nurses with 2–5 years of service had the highest risk (odds ratio (OR) = 2.11, 95% CI = 1.07–4.18). LBP risk was also higher for nurses with chore duty responsibilities (OR = 1.99, 95% CI = 1.12–3.53) and other back related disorders (OR = 4.43, 95% CI = 1.99–9.86).
Conclusion: Our results suggest that longer daily working hours and a large number of cared patients per shift should be discouraged in order to prevent musculoskeletal problems such as LBP in registered nurses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca83795cbc284cbfb39bec94469a64412022-12-22T03:21:23ZengElsevierTaiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology1028-45592016-08-0155452552910.1016/j.tjog.2016.06.013Increased low back pain risk in nurses with high workload for patient care: A questionnaire surveyShwn-Huey Shieh0Fung-Chang Sung1Chia-Hsien Su2Yafang Tsai3Vivian Chia-Rong Hsieh4Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, TaiwanDepartment of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, TaiwanDepartment of Nursing, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, TaiwanDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, TaiwanDepartment of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, TaiwanObjective: To examine whether the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) increased in hospital nurses with high patient care workload. Materials and Methods: A structured, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information on the prevalence of LBP and its associated factors from 788 registered nurses from a medical center in Taiwan. Results: Among all nurses with eligible questionnaires, 567 (72.0%) had LBP. Mean daily hours of working, standing, and walking were persistently longer in the LBP group. Results from multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that daily working for 1 hour longer is linked to a 35% (95% confidence interval (CI) = 2–78%) greater risk of LBP. Compared with <2 years of service as nurse, nurses with 2–5 years of service had the highest risk (odds ratio (OR) = 2.11, 95% CI = 1.07–4.18). LBP risk was also higher for nurses with chore duty responsibilities (OR = 1.99, 95% CI = 1.12–3.53) and other back related disorders (OR = 4.43, 95% CI = 1.99–9.86). Conclusion: Our results suggest that longer daily working hours and a large number of cared patients per shift should be discouraged in order to prevent musculoskeletal problems such as LBP in registered nurses.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455916300894job stresslow back painnursesoccupational healthprolonged work shift |
| spellingShingle | Shwn-Huey Shieh Fung-Chang Sung Chia-Hsien Su Yafang Tsai Vivian Chia-Rong Hsieh Increased low back pain risk in nurses with high workload for patient care: A questionnaire survey Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology job stress low back pain nurses occupational health prolonged work shift |
| title | Increased low back pain risk in nurses with high workload for patient care: A questionnaire survey |
| title_full | Increased low back pain risk in nurses with high workload for patient care: A questionnaire survey |
| title_fullStr | Increased low back pain risk in nurses with high workload for patient care: A questionnaire survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increased low back pain risk in nurses with high workload for patient care: A questionnaire survey |
| title_short | Increased low back pain risk in nurses with high workload for patient care: A questionnaire survey |
| title_sort | increased low back pain risk in nurses with high workload for patient care a questionnaire survey |
| topic | job stress low back pain nurses occupational health prolonged work shift |
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