Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: April | Volume: 12 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 27-32
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220403
Factors Associated with Low Back Pain among Nursing Personnel
Rabins Kumar Sah1, Shrooti Shah2, Dipika Karn3, Gaurav Gupta1
1Lecturer, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, National medical college and teaching hospital, Birganj, Nepal
2Hospital Nursing Administrator, Narayani Hospital, Birganj, Nepal
3Lecturer, Department of Women’s Health Development, National Medical college and teaching hospital, Birganj, Nepal
Corresponding Author: Rabins Kumar Sah
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Globally low back pain has been found to affect the quality of peoples’ health hence affecting work output. Higher prevalence of low back pain is reported among nurses which is neglected and responsible for serious suffering and disability and thus affecting quality of patient care.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at National Medical College and Teaching Hospital Birganj, Nepal among 101 nurses. Ethical approval was obtained from Institutional Review Committee, written informed consent was taken and Semi-structured questionnaire was distributed to the participants for data collection. Data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: Out of 101 nursing personnel, 79 (78.2%) had experienced low back pain. Half of them 50 (49.5%) had mild pain, 24 (23.8%) had moderate pain whereas only 5 (5%) had severe type of pain. Quebec disability score ranged from 3 to 81 with mean score 25.96 ± 16.41. Majority of the nurses 69 (87.34%) who experienced low back pain did not seek treatment. There was significant association of low back pain and gender(P=.019), performed household work on their own (P=.050) and work experience (P=.007). There was significant association of low back pain with stressful work environment (P=.000) and overtime duties (P=.005).
Conclusion: Low back pain is common among nursing personnel, even though most of the nurses did not seek treatment for low back pain which is worrisome and calls for urgent attention to maintain optimal health of these frontline health workers. The factors related to low back pain among nursing professionals is multi-factorial.
Key words: Factors, Low Back Pain, Nurses, Quebec disability scale.