Prevalence and risk factors of low back pain among operation room staff at a Tertiary Care Center, Makkah, Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study
| Autor: | Wael Hafiz, Waleed Alshareef, Fareed Alhozali, Soha Elmorsy, Moath Bin Homaid, Amer Alghamdi, Naif Alfahmi, Abdulrahman Alzahrani, Doaa Abdelmoety |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Waist Operating room staff business.industry Cross-sectional study Public health Musculoskeletal pain Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Logistic regression medicine.disease Low back pain Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Musculoskeletal disorder Health care medicine Physical therapy Healthcare worker 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| ISSN: | 2052-4374 |
| Popis: | Background Low Back Pain (LBP) is the commonest musculoskeletal disorder and an important occupational hazard among healthcare workers (HCWs) that peaks among Operating Room (OR) staff. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the prevalence, characteristics, and risk factors of low back pain among operating room (OR) staff in a tertiary healthcare center in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Methods A 39-item self-administered questionnaire was distributed to all available OR staff. Data about personal, sociodemographic, general risk factors OR specific risky activities, and LBP characteristics were obtained. Descriptive, crosstabs, and univariate and multivariate logistic regression tests were employed. Results Out of the 143 distributed questionnaires, 84 % were received. LBP prevalence was 74.2 %. No statistically significant associations were detected between LBP and any of the general risk factors (p >0.05). However, most of the OR risky activities were significantly associated with the occurrence of LBP (p |
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