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Prevalence of Musculoskeletal disorders in Nurses.
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Dr. Deepti Chandrasheel Thokal , Dr. Shyam Devidas Ganvir
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Musculoskeletal Disorders, Nurses.
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ABSTRACT Title: Prevalence of Musculoskeletal disorders in Nurses. Aims: To study prevalence of Musculoskeletal disorders in Nurses in D.V.V. P.F’S Hospital and Civil Hospital, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Objectives: 1) To find out acute and chronic incidences of musculoskeletal disorders. 2) To find out most common Musculoskeletal disorders in Nurses. Background: Musculoskeletal disorders refers to more than 200 conditions that affect joints, ligaments, muscles, tendons, peripheral nerves and blood vessels causing ache, pain and functional impairment .The prevalence of these work related disorders is increased by work volume, work hours per week and job experiences .Risk factors are known to include work place activities such as heavy lifting and repetitive tasks. Study Design: Observational Study Study Setup: P.D.V.V.F’S Hospital and Civil Hospital, Ahmednagar. Sample size: 100 Samples Sampling techniques: Simple Random Sampling Procedure: The Ethical Committee approval for study was obtained from the institution. The subjects were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria by simple random sample method. The consent form was signed by each subject in the study. After that interview of each subject was taken based on the pre-structured occupational Proforma. Nordic Questionnaire was used to find out the musculoskeletal disorders in nurses and the area of pain was marked on the body chart. Result: Acute cases were higher in lower back (36%) followed by upper back (32%) and neck (17%) & Chronic cases were higher in lower back (31%) followed by upper back (28%) and neck (19%).Subjects having work experience of 1-10 years have higher percentage of acute Upper and Lower back WMSD’s as compared with subjects having work experience of 31-40 years. Conclusion: This study shows that incidences of low back pain & upper back pain are higher in nurses.
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Dr. Deepti Chandrasheel Thokal & Dr. Shyam Devidas Ganvir (July-2024). Prevalence of Musculoskeletal disorders in Nurses.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 9(7), b130-b145. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2407114.pdf
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Volume 9 Issue 7, July-2024
Pages : b130-b145
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Research Area: Medical Science
Country: Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
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