Risk factors of musculoskeletal symptoms in university hospital nurses

Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Eunkwang Ryu¹  Byeongjin Ye¹  Youngil Yi¹  Jungwon Kim¹ 

[1] Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Gamcheonro 262, Seogu, Pusan, South Korea

关键词: Occupations;    Stress;    Symptom;    Musculoskeletal;    Nurses;   

Others  :  1082156
DOI  :  10.1186/s40557-014-0047-7

 received in 2014-09-27, accepted in 2014-10-01,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to investigate musculoskeletal symptom prevalence in university hospital nurses and explore the relation between musculoskeletal symptom prevalence and work related factors.

Methods

A structured questionnaire was conducted with 620 nurses in a university hospital to look into the characters of responsibility and musculoskeletal symptom prevalence. The questionnaire respondents numbered 534, so the response rate was 86.1%. Among the respondents, three who gave insincere answers were excluded. The final study population was 531 respondents. ANSI Z-365 checklist was applied to look into ergonomic characteristics, and Korean Occupational Stress Scale Short Form was employed to measure job stress.

Results

In the case of the whole body, symptom prevalence amounted to 70.8%. Regarding each body region, shoulder symptom prevalence accounted for the highest, or 44.8%, waist 40.7%, and neck 33.3% in order. According to multiple logistic regression analysis, in the case of the whole body, the group with a high ANSI checklist grade had odds ratio of 3.59 (95% CI 1.48 ~ 8.76), and the group with high job stress had 3.19 (95% CI 2.01 ~ 5.07).

Conclusion

Regarding the occupational factors related to musculoskeletal symptoms of university hospital nurses, it was found that ANSI Z-365 checklist high risk group, total job tenure, department, shiftworks, and job stress had high relation with musculoskeletal symptoms. It is necessary to find an ergonomic solution and a stress reduction plan to prevent musculoskeletal disease.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Ryu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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