Koohpayehzadeh Jalil, Bahrami-Ahmadi Amir, Kadkhodaei Hamidreza, Mortazavi Seyed Alireza, Amiri Ziba
Professor, Occupational Medicine Research Center (OMRC), Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
PhD Candidate, Occupational Medicine Research Center (OMRC), Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2016 Dec 28;30:470. eCollection 2016.
Identifying the predisposing factors of neck and shoulder complaints and finding solutions to avoid them could improve the occupational health condition of the nurses. In this study, we aimed at determining the role of psychological and physical occupational factors in developing neck and shoulder complaints among the participants. This analytic cross-sectional study was conducted on the nurses of main hospitals of Tehran. To study the prevalence of neck and shoulder pain, the Nordic questionnaire was used, and job content questionnaire was used to assess the psychological and physical occupational factors. Data were analyzed using SPSS and statistical methods. Independent sample t-test was used to compare the qualitative variables, and chi-square test was utilized for the statistical analysis of the qualitative variables. Prevalence of neck and shoulder complaints among the nurses with high physical workload was significantly higher than in those nurses with low physical workload. Unlike physical workload, the prevalence of neck and shoulder complaints was not significantly different between the nurses with low or high psychological workload. Prevalence of neck and shoulder complaints among the female nurses was significantly higher than in the male nurses. In our study, only female nurses with high physical workload had been known as independent predictors of neck and shoulder complaints. Those nurses who had more workload, especially physical workload, had a higher prevalence of neck and shoulder complaints, and this fact could affect their work tasks.
识别颈部和肩部不适的诱发因素并找到避免这些因素的解决办法，可能会改善护士的职业健康状况。在本研究中，我们旨在确定心理和身体职业因素在参与者发生颈部和肩部不适方面所起的作用。这项分析性横断面研究是在德黑兰主要医院的护士中进行的。为了研究颈部和肩部疼痛的患病率，使用了北欧问卷，并用工作内容问卷来评估心理和身体职业因素。数据使用SPSS和统计方法进行分析。独立样本t检验用于比较定量变量，卡方检验用于定性变量的统计分析。身体工作量大的护士中颈部和肩部不适的患病率显著高于身体工作量小的护士。与身体工作量不同，心理工作量低或高的护士中颈部和肩部不适的患病率没有显著差异。女护士中颈部和肩部不适的患病率显著高于男护士。在我们的研究中，只有身体工作量大的女护士被认为是颈部和肩部不适的独立预测因素。那些工作量更大，尤其是身体工作量更大的护士，颈部和肩部不适的患病率更高，而这一事实可能会影响她们的工作任务。
