Work-related Injury Clinical Trial
Official title:
Pattern of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Nurses at Main Assiut University Hospital
The term work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) is defined according to the World
Health Organization (WHO), as a wide range of inflammatory and degenerative diseases and
disorders that result in pain and functional impairment. They arise when individuals are
exposed to work activities and conditions that significantly contribute to their development
or exacerbation, but which may not be their sole cause (1,2).
Another definition The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health defined WRMDs as
"an injury of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, joints, cartilage, bones, or blood
vessels in the arms, legs, head, neck, or back that is caused or aggravated by work tasks
such as lifting, pushing, and pulling(3-5).
They represent the second largest cause of short‑term or temporary work disability after the
common cold (6).Apart from lowering the quality of workers' life and reducing the
productivity, WRMDs are the most expensive form of work disability, attributing to about 40%
of all costs toward the treatment of work‑related injuries(7).
It is estimated that almost one-third of all cases of sick leave among health care workers
are related to musculoskeletal disorders(8).According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
in 2013, WRMDs cases accounted for 33% of all worker injury and illness cases(9).
Most WRMSDs develop over time with usually, no single cause but various factors work in
combination. According to the European Occupational Safety and Health Agency (EU-OSHA), the
most common physical causes and organizational risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders
(MSDs) include:
- Prolonged sitting or standing in the same position
- Performing the same task over and over
- Continuing work while injured
- Awkward and static postures
- Load handling, especially when bending and twisting
- Repetitive or forceful movements
- Vibration
- Insufficient work breaks(7,10-12).
Nurses have to perform many physically demanding tasks such as transferring patients in and
out of bed, lifting patients onto a bed, and continually maintaining bent-forward or twisted
postures
Examples of WRMDs :
1. Muscle strain: Overstretching or overexertion of a muscle or tendon.
2. Tendonitis and tenosynovitis.
3. Nerve injury: Carpal tunnel syndrome.
4. Rotator cuff injuries (affects the shoulder)
5. Epicondylitis (affects the elbow)
6. Trigger finger.
7. Low back injuries (16,17). A previous cross‑sectional study was conducted in a tertiary
care hospital in Chennai (India)2013 among dentists, laboratory technicians, nurses,
physicians, and physiotherapists of various clinical departments. It showed that
irrespective of regions, musculoskeletal problems during last 12 months was reported by
56% of nurses 55% of physiotherapists, 54% of dentists, 39% of laboratory technicians
and 38% of physicians. About half (50.7%) of the participants reported symptoms
involving at least one part of their bodies. Among all the symptoms, low back pain (LBP)
was the highest (45.7%), followed by neck pain (28.5%) and shoulder pain (23.5%),
whereas hip/thigh pain (7.1%) and elbow pain (5%) was the least reported(7). A
descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among health care workers in Lahore,
Pakistan, Muscle aches/ muscle strains were mostly reported among nurses (38.6%) (19).A
cross sectional study was conducted among nurses working in Mansoura Children University
Hospital during the period from January to May 2017. The prevalence of musculoskeletal
complaints among nurses was 85.9 % .The most common sites were elbow (85.2%) followed by
pelvis/ thigh (74.9%) and wrist (64.6%). Surprisingly the least site for pain was low
back pain (37%)(20).
A cross sectional study is implemented on 135 female nurses in Suez Canal University Hospital
and Ismailia About 113(83.7%) of the participants reported musculoskeletal symptoms(21).
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