The prevalence of low back pain among female hospital staff at childbearing age
Low back pain (LBP) is considered the most common work-related musculoskeletal disorder among female healthcare workers. The aim of this study is to compare the prevalence of LBP and non-ergonomic risk factors between female nurses, office workers, and patient transporters, and the effect of pain on...
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Veröffentlicht in: | PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) CA), 2020-05, Vol.8, p.e9199-e9199, Article e9199 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Low back pain (LBP) is considered the most common work-related musculoskeletal disorder among female healthcare workers. The aim of this study is to compare the prevalence of LBP and non-ergonomic risk factors between female nurses, office workers, and patient transporters, and the effect of pain on job performance.
Based on semi-structured interviews, we conducted a cross-sectional study on Jordanian female hospital workers between January and July, 2017.
We included 209 participants with a mean age of 35.57 ± 8 years from four Jordanian medical centers. Nurses have significantly higher frequency of LBP (82.5%;
= 0.05) compared to both office workers (67.5%) and patient transporters (68.6%). The mean difference in pain score using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) after treatment varied significantly (
= 0.003), since it was 28.2 (±35.4) for office workers, compared to 22.8 (±26.5) for nurses and 6.5 (±33.7) for patient transporters. A higher frequency of nurses reported that LBP affected their job performance (64.9%;
= 0.013), and 43.3% of them reported having previous sick leaves due to LBP (
= 0.008).
LBP is common among female hospital workers, with significantly higher prevalence among female nurses when compared to other female hospital staff. |
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ISSN: | 2167-8359 2167-8359 |
DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.9199 |