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Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among registered general nurses: a case of a large central hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe

OBJECTIVE: Worldwide, work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are a common cause of morbidity affecting occupational individuals such as health-care professionals. However, nothing is known about WMSDs in hospital nurses in Zimbabwe. This study was conducted to provide cross-sectional evidenc...

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Autores principales: Chiwaridzo, M., Makotore, V., Dambi, J. M., Munambah, N., Mhlanga, M.
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5960155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29776452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3412-8
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author Chiwaridzo, M.
Makotore, V.
Dambi, J. M.
Munambah, N.
Mhlanga, M.
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description OBJECTIVE: Worldwide, work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are a common cause of morbidity affecting occupational individuals such as health-care professionals. However, nothing is known about WMSDs in hospital nurses in Zimbabwe. This study was conducted to provide cross-sectional evidence of the 12-month prevalence, consequences and factors associated with WMSDs among 208 nurses at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (PGH). RESULTS: The response rate for the study was 55.7%. The median age for the participants was 32.0 years (interquartile range = 29–36 years). The lifetime prevalence of WMSDs in nurses was 95.7% (n = 112). The first episodes were experienced in the first 5 years of working (n = 59, 52.7%). However, 82.1% (n = 96) nurses experienced WMSDs in the last 12 months. Low back pain was the most common WMSDs reported (n = 55, 67.9%). WMSDs were significantly associated with qualification attained, postgraduate ergonomic training and working experience. Overall, 87.5% (n = 84) nurses experienced at least one of the consequences of WMSDs. Cognisant of the limitations of the study, the present study found that WMSDs are a common occurrence among nurses at PGH. This creates a need for prompt hospital education programs aimed at raising awareness among nurses on the existence of WMSDs and the consequences at PGH. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-018-3412-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-59601552018-05-24 Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among registered general nurses: a case of a large central hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe Chiwaridzo, M. Makotore, V. Dambi, J. M. Munambah, N. Mhlanga, M. BMC Res Notes Research Note OBJECTIVE: Worldwide, work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are a common cause of morbidity affecting occupational individuals such as health-care professionals. However, nothing is known about WMSDs in hospital nurses in Zimbabwe. This study was conducted to provide cross-sectional evidence of the 12-month prevalence, consequences and factors associated with WMSDs among 208 nurses at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (PGH). RESULTS: The response rate for the study was 55.7%. The median age for the participants was 32.0 years (interquartile range = 29–36 years). The lifetime prevalence of WMSDs in nurses was 95.7% (n = 112). The first episodes were experienced in the first 5 years of working (n = 59, 52.7%). However, 82.1% (n = 96) nurses experienced WMSDs in the last 12 months. Low back pain was the most common WMSDs reported (n = 55, 67.9%). WMSDs were significantly associated with qualification attained, postgraduate ergonomic training and working experience. Overall, 87.5% (n = 84) nurses experienced at least one of the consequences of WMSDs. Cognisant of the limitations of the study, the present study found that WMSDs are a common occurrence among nurses at PGH. This creates a need for prompt hospital education programs aimed at raising awareness among nurses on the existence of WMSDs and the consequences at PGH. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-018-3412-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2018-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5960155/ /pubmed/29776452 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3412-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Chiwaridzo, M.
Makotore, V.
Dambi, J. M.
Munambah, N.
Mhlanga, M.
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among registered general nurses: a case of a large central hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe
title Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among registered general nurses: a case of a large central hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe
title_full Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among registered general nurses: a case of a large central hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe
title_fullStr Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among registered general nurses: a case of a large central hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe
title_full_unstemmed Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among registered general nurses: a case of a large central hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe
title_short Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among registered general nurses: a case of a large central hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe
title_sort work-related musculoskeletal disorders among registered general nurses: a case of a large central hospital in harare, zimbabwe
topic Research Note
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5960155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29776452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3412-8
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