Occupational low back pain prevention capacity of nurses in China: A multicenter cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Public Health

Public Health

Huijing Lin¹  Yu Sun²  Yongli Lyu³  Li Geng³  Qianru Liu⁴  Xue Liu⁴  Mengna Wang⁴ 

[1] School of Nursing, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China;School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China;Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China;Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China;School of Nursing, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China;

关键词: nurse;    occupational low back pain;    prevention capacity;    influencing factors;    multicenter cross-sectional study;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2023.1103325

 received in 2022-11-20, accepted in 2023-02-27,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionNurses have a high prevalence of occupational low back pain, especially since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has increased the nurses' workloads. It has brought a huge burden on nurses and their professional development. Nurses' occupational low back pain prevention capacity is the logical starting point and core of interventions to prevent its occurrence. To date, there is no study investigating it with a scientific scale. Therefore, a multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted to explore the current status of nurses' capacity in occupational low back pain prevention and its influencing factors in China.MethodsUsing a two-stage, purposive and convenience mixed sampling method, 1331 nurses from 8 hospitals across 5 provinces (Hubei, Zhejiang, Shandong, Henan, and Sichuan) in the southern, western, northern, and central areas of mainland China were involved in this study. The demographic questionnaire and occupational low back pain prevention behavior questionnaire were used for data collection. The descriptive analysis, univariate analysis, and multiple stepwise linear regression were used for data analysis.ResultsThe results showed that the occupational low back pain prevention behavior questionnaire score was 89.00 (80.00, 103.00) [M (Q1, Q3)], which indicated that nurses' ability was at a moderate level. Participation in prevention training before, perceived stress at work, and working hours per week were predictors for nurses' occupational low back pain prevention capacity.DiscussionTo improve nurses' prevention ability, nursing managers should organize various training programs, strengthen regulations to reduce nurses' workload and stress, provide a healthy workplace, and offer incentives to motivate nurses.

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