Lower back pain among nurses. An Occupational Study on Nurses in selected hospitals of Kathmandu, Nepal

Research Paper (postgraduate) , 2015 , 13 Pages , Grade: MPH

Health - Public Health

Nursing is considered as a caring as well as a challenging profession as nurses have to cope with many diverse situations from simple to complex work. This increasing competition and work demand puts pressure on nurses physically and psychologically along with a high risk for an occupational health problem. Low back pain (LBP) is the most common. Thus, this study aimed to find out the status & factors affecting LBP among nurses.

A descriptive cross sectional study with verbal informed consent among 300 registered nurses by using simple random sampling was conducted. Semi structured questionnaires with Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) to measure the severity of pain and Measure of Job Satisfaction (MJS), a likert scale to measure job satisfaction for psychological factors were used. The Chi square test was used to see the association.

Significant association was found between long service duration, prolonged working hours, incorrect posture, performing activity of nursing care and prolonged standing. It is recommended to take appropriate measures to reduce long working hours, follow correct body mechanics, promote job satisfaction and to maintain standard nurse patient ratio to reduce work load to nurses in hospital settings.

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INTRODUCTION

METHODS

RESULTS
Table 1. Socio demographic characteristics
Table 2. Pattern of low back pain (n=240)
Table 3. Back pain arising posture (n=300)
Table 4 Respondents’ work pattern (n=300)
Table 5. Association of factors with low back pain. (n=300)

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

AUTHOR STATEMENTS

REFERENCES

• College: State University of Bangladesh (State University of Bangladesh)
• Course: Public Health
• Grade: MPH
• Authors: Lok Raj Joshi (Author), Sajana Shrestha (Author)
• Publication Year: 2015
• Pages: 13
• Catalog Number: V337855
• ISBN (eBook): 9783668276161
• ISBN (Book): 9783668276178
• Language: English
• Tags: LBP, Lower Back Pain, nurses, Kathmandu, Nepal, hospital, work