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Determinants of Grip Strength in Tunisian Nurses: A Bicentric Study

BACKGROUND: Grip muscle force has always been used to assess functional limitations in elderly. Its use as a tool to assess work capacity has never been described in the literature. OBJECTIVE: To describe the patent determinants of grip strength and the usefulness of its measurement in assessing wor...

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Autores principales: Merchaoui, Irtyah, Bouzgarrou, Lamia, Amri, Charfeddine, Akrout, Mohamed, Malchaire, Jacques, El Mhamdi, Sana, Chaari, Neila
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5748873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27280724
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1872213X10666160607125547
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author Merchaoui, Irtyah
Bouzgarrou, Lamia
Amri, Charfeddine
Akrout, Mohamed
Malchaire, Jacques
El Mhamdi, Sana
Chaari, Neila
author_facet Merchaoui, Irtyah
Bouzgarrou, Lamia
Amri, Charfeddine
Akrout, Mohamed
Malchaire, Jacques
El Mhamdi, Sana
Chaari, Neila
author_sort Merchaoui, Irtyah
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description BACKGROUND: Grip muscle force has always been used to assess functional limitations in elderly. Its use as a tool to assess work capacity has never been described in the literature. OBJECTIVE: To describe the patent determinants of grip strength and the usefulness of its measurement in assessing workability index in the healthcare sector. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in a sample of 293 healthcare workers representative of 1181 based on a comprehensive questionnaire about socio-professional characteristics and on an 8-item work capacity evaluation (WAI). Besides, Body mass index was measured and muscle strength was assessed by JAMAR hydraulic dynamometer. RESULTS: Handgrip Strength was stronger in male nurses (p < 0.001), with low perceived physical load (p = 0.0001) and working on a night shift (p = 0.001). It decreased with a greater duration of household work (p < 0.0001) and increased with a greater BMI (p = 0.015) and a better workability index (p < 0.0001). After removal of all the variables that were not independently associated with the muscle strength force, factors accounting for 52.6% of the variance in nurses handgrip strength were gender (p < 0.001), workability index (p < 0.001), duration of household work (p = 0.021), BMI (p = 0.002), perceived physical load (p < 0.001) and work schedule (p = 0.002). CONCLUSION: Grip Strength Test is a useful tool to assess strength and functional capacity at work in healthcare workers. Further longitudinal studies are required to confirm this hypothesis.
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spelling pubmed-57488732018-01-31 Determinants of Grip Strength in Tunisian Nurses: A Bicentric Study Merchaoui, Irtyah Bouzgarrou, Lamia Amri, Charfeddine Akrout, Mohamed Malchaire, Jacques El Mhamdi, Sana Chaari, Neila Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov Article BACKGROUND: Grip muscle force has always been used to assess functional limitations in elderly. Its use as a tool to assess work capacity has never been described in the literature. OBJECTIVE: To describe the patent determinants of grip strength and the usefulness of its measurement in assessing workability index in the healthcare sector. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in a sample of 293 healthcare workers representative of 1181 based on a comprehensive questionnaire about socio-professional characteristics and on an 8-item work capacity evaluation (WAI). Besides, Body mass index was measured and muscle strength was assessed by JAMAR hydraulic dynamometer. RESULTS: Handgrip Strength was stronger in male nurses (p < 0.001), with low perceived physical load (p = 0.0001) and working on a night shift (p = 0.001). It decreased with a greater duration of household work (p < 0.0001) and increased with a greater BMI (p = 0.015) and a better workability index (p < 0.0001). After removal of all the variables that were not independently associated with the muscle strength force, factors accounting for 52.6% of the variance in nurses handgrip strength were gender (p < 0.001), workability index (p < 0.001), duration of household work (p = 0.021), BMI (p = 0.002), perceived physical load (p < 0.001) and work schedule (p = 0.002). CONCLUSION: Grip Strength Test is a useful tool to assess strength and functional capacity at work in healthcare workers. Further longitudinal studies are required to confirm this hypothesis. Bentham Science Publishers 2016-04 2016-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5748873/ /pubmed/27280724 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1872213X10666160607125547 Text en © 2016 Bentham Science Publishers https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode), which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
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Malchaire, Jacques
El Mhamdi, Sana
Chaari, Neila
Determinants of Grip Strength in Tunisian Nurses: A Bicentric Study
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title_full Determinants of Grip Strength in Tunisian Nurses: A Bicentric Study
title_fullStr Determinants of Grip Strength in Tunisian Nurses: A Bicentric Study
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of Grip Strength in Tunisian Nurses: A Bicentric Study
title_short Determinants of Grip Strength in Tunisian Nurses: A Bicentric Study
title_sort determinants of grip strength in tunisian nurses: a bicentric study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5748873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27280724
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1872213X10666160607125547
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