Study on musculoskeletal disorder of nurses and risk factors in a hospital

• Main Authors: Mei-Hua Lin, 林美華
• Other Authors: I-Fang Mao
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46988339707625987646

碩士 === 中山醫學大學 === 職業安全衛生學系碩士班 === 104 === Objective: This study aimed to examine the musculoskeletal injuries of nurses and the related risk factors. Baseline Risk Identification of Ergonomic Factors Checklist was applied to assess "the human factors engineering exposure of nurses" as well as to investigate the relationship between the work-related factors and musculoskeletal diseases. Object: With a cross-sectional research method, this study involved 233 nurses at a certain Regional Hospital of the central Taiwan. The participants in each unit were classified according to their work assignment. Methods: The data were collected by using Noridc Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ), a work pressure survey, a consciously fatigue scale questionnaire and a Baseline Risk Identification of Ergonomic Factors (BRIEF) checklist. The nurses responded to the questionnaires, with SPSS analysis and discussion. The data were filed and analyzed with SPSS 22.0. Results: The results were summarized as follows: 1.Among the three different categories of nurses , there are statistically significant differences in gender, age, body mass index, marital status, educational attainment, and exercise habits (P <.05). 2.Overall, the nurses prevalence of musculoskeletal discomfort was 34.18 %of the findings, the most serious was shoulder pain(78.1%), neck pain(70.4%) and lower back pain(50.2%). 3.Overall, the prevalence of musculoskeletal discomfort was roughly the same. There was no significant difference between the different groups. In addition, the "less limbs problem" was indicated as a common point. 4.The average daily working hours of nurses are 158 minutes for working on the computer, 36.8 minutes for injections and blood draw and 34.7 minutes for pushing work car. Analysis of 14 kinds of nursing work indicated a significant correlation (p<.05) between the musculoskeletal discomfort and such nursing work as computer work, changing bit, moving patients, blood pressure, blood injections, sliding work car and dressing musculoskeletal discomfort. The result implies that the hidden hazard factors might lie in the above mentioned work assignments. Conclusion: The results suggested that the chance of occurrence of musculoskeletal discomfort in nurses is quite high, and different work assignment will result in different type of discomfort. This study recommends that hospital supervisor should provide education and training for the nurses, according to their different nature of work. By using early detection of hazards in the hospital environment and through human factors engineering to improve proper posture and method of work, this study might help the nurses to prevent or reduce the risk of musculoskeletal disorders.